Q: Is 17,713,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,713,320 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 17,713,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 19 20 24 30 34 38 40 51 57 60 68 76 85 95 102 114 120 136 152 170 190 204 228 255 285 323 340 380 408 456 457 510 570 646 680 760 914 969 1,020 1,140 1,292 1,371 1,615 1,828 1,938 2,040 2,280 2,285 2,584 2,742 3,230 3,656 3,876 4,570 4,845 5,484 6,460 6,855 7,752 7,769 8,683 9,140 9,690 10,968 12,920 13,710 15,538 17,366 18,280 19,380 23,307 26,049 27,420 31,076 34,732 38,760 38,845 43,415 46,614 52,098 54,840 62,152 69,464 77,690 86,830 93,228 104,196 116,535 130,245 147,611 155,380 173,660 186,456 208,392 233,070 260,490 295,222 310,760 347,320 442,833 466,140 520,980 590,444 738,055 885,666 932,280 1,041,960 1,180,888 1,476,110 1,771,332 2,214,165 2,952,220 3,542,664 4,428,330 5,904,440 8,856,660 and 17,713,320, with no remainder.

Since 17,713,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,713,320, 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).