Q: Is 17,471,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,471,720 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 17,471,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 23 28 35 40 46 56 70 92 115 140 161 184 230 280 322 460 644 805 920 1,288 1,610 2,713 3,220 5,426 6,440 10,852 13,565 18,991 21,704 27,130 37,982 54,260 62,399 75,964 94,955 108,520 124,798 151,928 189,910 249,596 311,995 379,820 436,793 499,192 623,990 759,640 873,586 1,247,980 1,747,172 2,183,965 2,495,960 3,494,344 4,367,930 8,735,860 and 17,471,720, with no remainder.

Since 17,471,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,471,720, 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).