Q: Is 17,868,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,868,480 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 17,868,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 64 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 192 210 224 240 280 320 336 420 448 480 560 672 840 960 1,120 1,344 1,680 2,240 2,659 3,360 5,318 6,720 7,977 10,636 13,295 15,954 18,613 21,272 26,590 31,908 37,226 39,885 42,544 53,180 55,839 63,816 74,452 79,770 85,088 93,065 106,360 111,678 127,632 148,904 159,540 170,176 186,130 212,720 223,356 255,264 279,195 297,808 319,080 372,260 425,440 446,712 510,528 558,390 595,616 638,160 744,520 850,880 893,424 1,116,780 1,191,232 1,276,320 1,489,040 1,786,848 2,233,560 2,552,640 2,978,080 3,573,696 4,467,120 5,956,160 8,934,240 and 17,868,480, with no remainder.

Since 17,868,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,868,480, 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).