Q: Is 17,775,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,775,400 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 17,775,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 31 40 47 50 61 62 94 100 122 124 155 188 200 235 244 248 305 310 376 470 488 610 620 775 940 1,175 1,220 1,240 1,457 1,525 1,550 1,880 1,891 2,350 2,440 2,867 2,914 3,050 3,100 3,782 4,700 5,734 5,828 6,100 6,200 7,285 7,564 9,400 9,455 11,468 11,656 12,200 14,335 14,570 15,128 18,910 22,936 28,670 29,140 36,425 37,820 47,275 57,340 58,280 71,675 72,850 75,640 88,877 94,550 114,680 143,350 145,700 177,754 189,100 286,700 291,400 355,508 378,200 444,385 573,400 711,016 888,770 1,777,540 2,221,925 3,555,080 4,443,850 8,887,700 and 17,775,400, with no remainder.

Since 17,775,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,775,400, 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).