Q: Is 17,575,380 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,575,380 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 17,575,380 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 27 30 36 38 45 54 57 60 76 81 90 95 108 114 135 162 171 180 190 228 270 285 324 342 380 405 513 540 570 571 684 810 855 1,026 1,140 1,142 1,539 1,620 1,710 1,713 2,052 2,284 2,565 2,855 3,078 3,420 3,426 5,130 5,139 5,710 6,156 6,852 7,695 8,565 10,260 10,278 10,849 11,420 15,390 15,417 17,130 20,556 21,698 25,695 30,780 30,834 32,547 34,260 43,396 46,251 51,390 54,245 61,668 65,094 77,085 92,502 97,641 102,780 108,490 130,188 154,170 162,735 185,004 195,282 216,980 231,255 292,923 308,340 325,470 390,564 462,510 488,205 585,846 650,940 878,769 925,020 976,410 1,171,692 1,464,615 1,757,538 1,952,820 2,929,230 3,515,076 4,393,845 5,858,460 8,787,690 and 17,575,380, with no remainder.

Since 17,575,380 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,575,380, 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).