Q: Is 17,672,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,672,160 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 17,672,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 32 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 96 110 120 132 160 165 176 220 240 264 330 352 440 480 528 660 880 1,056 1,320 1,760 2,640 3,347 5,280 6,694 10,041 13,388 16,735 20,082 26,776 33,470 36,817 40,164 50,205 53,552 66,940 73,634 80,328 100,410 107,104 110,451 133,880 147,268 160,656 184,085 200,820 220,902 267,760 294,536 321,312 368,170 401,640 441,804 535,520 552,255 589,072 736,340 803,280 883,608 1,104,510 1,178,144 1,472,680 1,606,560 1,767,216 2,209,020 2,945,360 3,534,432 4,418,040 5,890,720 8,836,080 and 17,672,160, with no remainder.

Since 17,672,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,672,160, 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).