Q: Is 17,954,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,954,040 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 17,954,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 17 20 24 26 30 34 39 40 51 52 60 65 68 78 85 102 104 120 130 136 156 170 195 204 221 255 260 312 340 390 408 442 510 520 663 677 680 780 884 1,020 1,105 1,326 1,354 1,560 1,768 2,031 2,040 2,210 2,652 2,708 3,315 3,385 4,062 4,420 5,304 5,416 6,630 6,770 8,124 8,801 8,840 10,155 11,509 13,260 13,540 16,248 17,602 20,310 23,018 26,403 26,520 27,080 34,527 35,204 40,620 44,005 46,036 52,806 57,545 69,054 70,408 81,240 88,010 92,072 105,612 115,090 132,015 138,108 149,617 172,635 176,020 211,224 230,180 264,030 276,216 299,234 345,270 352,040 448,851 460,360 528,060 598,468 690,540 748,085 897,702 1,056,120 1,196,936 1,381,080 1,496,170 1,795,404 2,244,255 2,992,340 3,590,808 4,488,510 5,984,680 8,977,020 and 17,954,040, with no remainder.

Since 17,954,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,954,040, 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).