Q: Is 17,642,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,642,640 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 17,642,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 53 57 60 73 76 80 95 106 114 120 146 152 159 190 212 219 228 240 265 285 292 304 318 365 380 424 438 456 530 570 584 636 730 760 795 848 876 912 1,007 1,060 1,095 1,140 1,168 1,272 1,387 1,460 1,520 1,590 1,752 2,014 2,120 2,190 2,280 2,544 2,774 2,920 3,021 3,180 3,504 3,869 4,028 4,161 4,240 4,380 4,560 5,035 5,548 5,840 6,042 6,360 6,935 7,738 8,056 8,322 8,760 10,070 11,096 11,607 12,084 12,720 13,870 15,105 15,476 16,112 16,644 17,520 19,345 20,140 20,805 22,192 23,214 24,168 27,740 30,210 30,952 33,288 38,690 40,280 41,610 46,428 48,336 55,480 58,035 60,420 61,904 66,576 73,511 77,380 80,560 83,220 92,856 110,960 116,070 120,840 147,022 154,760 166,440 185,712 220,533 232,140 241,680 294,044 309,520 332,880 367,555 441,066 464,280 588,088 735,110 882,132 928,560 1,102,665 1,176,176 1,470,220 1,764,264 2,205,330 2,940,440 3,528,528 4,410,660 5,880,880 8,821,320 and 17,642,640, with no remainder.

Since 17,642,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,642,640, 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).