Q: Is 17,757,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,757,200 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 17,757,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 80 100 103 200 206 400 412 431 515 824 862 1,030 1,648 1,724 2,060 2,155 2,575 3,448 4,120 4,310 5,150 6,896 8,240 8,620 10,300 10,775 17,240 20,600 21,550 34,480 41,200 43,100 44,393 86,200 88,786 172,400 177,572 221,965 355,144 443,930 710,288 887,860 1,109,825 1,775,720 2,219,650 3,551,440 4,439,300 8,878,600 and 17,757,200, with no remainder.

Since 17,757,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,757,200, 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).