Q: Is 17,575,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,575,760 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 17,575,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 31 38 40 62 76 80 95 124 152 155 190 248 304 310 373 380 496 589 620 746 760 1,178 1,240 1,492 1,520 1,865 2,356 2,480 2,945 2,984 3,730 4,712 5,890 5,968 7,087 7,460 9,424 11,563 11,780 14,174 14,920 23,126 23,560 28,348 29,840 35,435 46,252 47,120 56,696 57,815 70,870 92,504 113,392 115,630 141,740 185,008 219,697 231,260 283,480 439,394 462,520 566,960 878,788 925,040 1,098,485 1,757,576 2,196,970 3,515,152 4,393,940 8,787,880 and 17,575,760, with no remainder.

Since 17,575,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,575,760, 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).