Q: Is 17,705,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,705,340 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 17,705,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 30 31 36 38 45 57 60 62 76 90 93 95 114 124 155 167 171 180 186 190 228 279 285 310 334 342 372 380 465 501 558 570 589 620 668 684 835 855 930 1,002 1,116 1,140 1,178 1,395 1,503 1,670 1,710 1,767 1,860 2,004 2,356 2,505 2,790 2,945 3,006 3,173 3,340 3,420 3,534 5,010 5,177 5,301 5,580 5,890 6,012 6,346 7,068 7,515 8,835 9,519 10,020 10,354 10,602 11,780 12,692 15,030 15,531 15,865 17,670 19,038 20,708 21,204 25,885 26,505 28,557 30,060 31,062 31,730 35,340 38,076 46,593 47,595 51,770 53,010 57,114 62,124 63,460 77,655 93,186 95,190 98,363 103,540 106,020 114,228 142,785 155,310 186,372 190,380 196,726 232,965 285,570 295,089 310,620 393,452 465,930 491,815 571,140 590,178 885,267 931,860 983,630 1,180,356 1,475,445 1,770,534 1,967,260 2,950,890 3,541,068 4,426,335 5,901,780 8,852,670 and 17,705,340, with no remainder.

Since 17,705,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,705,340, 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).