Q: Is 17,678,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,678,160 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 17,678,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 43 45 48 60 72 80 86 90 120 129 144 172 180 215 240 258 344 360 387 430 516 571 645 688 720 774 860 1,032 1,142 1,290 1,548 1,713 1,720 1,935 2,064 2,284 2,580 2,855 3,096 3,426 3,440 3,870 4,568 5,139 5,160 5,710 6,192 6,852 7,740 8,565 9,136 10,278 10,320 11,420 13,704 15,480 17,130 20,556 22,840 24,553 25,695 27,408 30,960 34,260 41,112 45,680 49,106 51,390 68,520 73,659 82,224 98,212 102,780 122,765 137,040 147,318 196,424 205,560 220,977 245,530 294,636 368,295 392,848 411,120 441,954 491,060 589,272 736,590 883,908 982,120 1,104,885 1,178,544 1,473,180 1,767,816 1,964,240 2,209,770 2,946,360 3,535,632 4,419,540 5,892,720 8,839,080 and 17,678,160, with no remainder.

Since 17,678,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,678,160, 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).