Q: Is 17,772,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,772,560 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 17,772,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 23 26 40 46 52 65 80 92 104 115 130 184 208 230 260 299 368 460 520 598 743 920 1,040 1,196 1,486 1,495 1,840 2,392 2,972 2,990 3,715 4,784 5,944 5,980 7,430 9,659 11,888 11,960 14,860 17,089 19,318 23,920 29,720 34,178 38,636 48,295 59,440 68,356 77,272 85,445 96,590 136,712 154,544 170,890 193,180 222,157 273,424 341,780 386,360 444,314 683,560 772,720 888,628 1,110,785 1,367,120 1,777,256 2,221,570 3,554,512 4,443,140 8,886,280 and 17,772,560, with no remainder.

Since 17,772,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,772,560, 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).