Q: Is 17,540,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,540,400 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 17,540,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 40 47 48 50 60 75 80 94 100 120 141 150 188 200 235 240 282 300 311 376 400 470 564 600 622 705 752 933 940 1,128 1,175 1,200 1,244 1,410 1,555 1,866 1,880 2,256 2,350 2,488 2,820 3,110 3,525 3,732 3,760 4,665 4,700 4,976 5,640 6,220 7,050 7,464 7,775 9,330 9,400 11,280 12,440 14,100 14,617 14,928 15,550 18,660 18,800 23,325 24,880 28,200 29,234 31,100 37,320 43,851 46,650 56,400 58,468 62,200 73,085 74,640 87,702 93,300 116,936 124,400 146,170 175,404 186,600 219,255 233,872 292,340 350,808 365,425 373,200 438,510 584,680 701,616 730,850 877,020 1,096,275 1,169,360 1,461,700 1,754,040 2,192,550 2,923,400 3,508,080 4,385,100 5,846,800 8,770,200 and 17,540,400, with no remainder.

Since 17,540,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,540,400, 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).