Q: Is 17,460,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,460,240 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 17,460,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 19 20 21 24 28 30 35 38 40 42 48 56 57 60 70 76 80 84 95 105 112 114 120 133 140 152 168 190 210 228 240 266 280 285 304 336 380 399 420 456 532 547 560 570 665 760 798 840 912 1,064 1,094 1,140 1,330 1,520 1,596 1,641 1,680 1,995 2,128 2,188 2,280 2,660 2,735 3,192 3,282 3,829 3,990 4,376 4,560 5,320 5,470 6,384 6,564 7,658 7,980 8,205 8,752 10,393 10,640 10,940 11,487 13,128 15,316 15,960 16,410 19,145 20,786 21,880 22,974 26,256 30,632 31,179 31,920 32,820 38,290 41,572 43,760 45,948 51,965 57,435 61,264 62,358 65,640 72,751 76,580 83,144 91,896 103,930 114,870 124,716 131,280 145,502 153,160 155,895 166,288 183,792 207,860 218,253 229,740 249,432 291,004 306,320 311,790 363,755 415,720 436,506 459,480 498,864 582,008 623,580 727,510 831,440 873,012 918,960 1,091,265 1,164,016 1,247,160 1,455,020 1,746,024 2,182,530 2,494,320 2,910,040 3,492,048 4,365,060 5,820,080 8,730,120 and 17,460,240, with no remainder.

Since 17,460,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,460,240, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).