Q: Is 17,600,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,600,640 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 17,600,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 89 96 103 120 128 160 178 192 206 240 267 309 320 356 384 412 445 480 515 534 618 640 712 824 890 960 1,030 1,068 1,236 1,335 1,424 1,545 1,648 1,780 1,920 2,060 2,136 2,472 2,670 2,848 3,090 3,296 3,560 4,120 4,272 4,944 5,340 5,696 6,180 6,592 7,120 8,240 8,544 9,167 9,888 10,680 11,392 12,360 13,184 14,240 16,480 17,088 18,334 19,776 21,360 24,720 27,501 28,480 32,960 34,176 36,668 39,552 42,720 45,835 49,440 55,002 56,960 65,920 73,336 85,440 91,670 98,880 110,004 137,505 146,672 170,880 183,340 197,760 220,008 275,010 293,344 366,680 440,016 550,020 586,688 733,360 880,032 1,100,040 1,173,376 1,466,720 1,760,064 2,200,080 2,933,440 3,520,128 4,400,160 5,866,880 8,800,320 and 17,600,640, with no remainder.

Since 17,600,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,600,640, 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).