Q: Is 17,533,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,533,740 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 17,533,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 60 70 84 105 109 140 210 218 327 383 420 436 545 654 763 766 1,090 1,149 1,308 1,526 1,532 1,635 1,915 2,180 2,289 2,298 2,681 3,052 3,270 3,815 3,830 4,578 4,596 5,362 5,745 6,540 7,630 7,660 8,043 9,156 10,724 11,445 11,490 13,405 15,260 16,086 22,890 22,980 26,810 32,172 40,215 41,747 45,780 53,620 80,430 83,494 125,241 160,860 166,988 208,735 250,482 292,229 417,470 500,964 584,458 626,205 834,940 876,687 1,168,916 1,252,410 1,461,145 1,753,374 2,504,820 2,922,290 3,506,748 4,383,435 5,844,580 8,766,870 and 17,533,740, with no remainder.

Since 17,533,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,533,740, 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).