Q: Is 17,511,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,511,120 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 17,511,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 27 30 33 36 40 44 45 48 54 55 60 66 67 72 80 88 90 99 108 110 120 121 132 134 135 144 165 176 180 198 201 216 220 240 242 264 268 270 297 330 335 360 363 396 402 432 440 484 495 528 536 540 594 603 605 660 670 720 726 737 792 804 880 968 990 1,005 1,072 1,080 1,089 1,188 1,206 1,210 1,320 1,340 1,452 1,474 1,485 1,584 1,608 1,809 1,815 1,936 1,980 2,010 2,160 2,178 2,211 2,376 2,412 2,420 2,640 2,680 2,904 2,948 2,970 3,015 3,216 3,267 3,618 3,630 3,685 3,960 4,020 4,356 4,422 4,752 4,824 4,840 5,360 5,445 5,808 5,896 5,940 6,030 6,534 6,633 7,236 7,260 7,370 7,920 8,040 8,107 8,712 8,844 9,045 9,648 9,680 10,890 11,055 11,792 11,880 12,060 13,068 13,266 14,472 14,520 14,740 16,080 16,214 16,335 17,424 17,688 18,090 19,899 21,780 22,110 23,760 24,120 24,321 26,136 26,532 28,944 29,040 29,480 32,428 32,670 33,165 35,376 36,180 39,798 40,535 43,560 44,220 48,240 48,642 52,272 53,064 58,960 64,856 65,340 66,330 72,360 72,963 79,596 81,070 87,120 88,440 97,284 99,495 106,128 121,605 129,712 130,680 132,660 144,720 145,926 159,192 162,140 176,880 194,568 198,990 218,889 243,210 261,360 265,320 291,852 318,384 324,280 364,815 389,136 397,980 437,778 486,420 530,640 583,704 648,560 729,630 795,960 875,556 972,840 1,094,445 1,167,408 1,459,260 1,591,920 1,751,112 1,945,680 2,188,890 2,918,520 3,502,224 4,377,780 5,837,040 8,755,560 and 17,511,120, with no remainder.

Since 17,511,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,511,120, 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).