Q: Is 17,850,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,850,880 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 17,850,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 32 38 40 64 76 80 95 128 152 160 190 256 304 320 367 380 512 608 640 734 760 1,216 1,280 1,468 1,520 1,835 2,432 2,560 2,936 3,040 3,670 4,864 5,872 6,080 6,973 7,340 9,728 11,744 12,160 13,946 14,680 23,488 24,320 27,892 29,360 34,865 46,976 48,640 55,784 58,720 69,730 93,952 111,568 117,440 139,460 187,904 223,136 234,880 278,920 446,272 469,760 557,840 892,544 939,520 1,115,680 1,785,088 2,231,360 3,570,176 4,462,720 8,925,440 and 17,850,880, with no remainder.

Since 17,850,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,850,880, 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).