Q: Is 17,975,070 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,975,070 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 17,975,070 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 29 30 45 58 71 87 90 97 142 145 174 194 213 261 290 291 355 426 435 485 522 582 639 710 870 873 970 1,065 1,278 1,305 1,455 1,746 2,059 2,130 2,610 2,813 2,910 3,195 4,118 4,365 5,626 6,177 6,390 6,887 8,439 8,730 10,295 12,354 13,774 14,065 16,878 18,531 20,590 20,661 25,317 28,130 30,885 34,435 37,062 41,322 42,195 50,634 61,770 61,983 68,870 84,390 92,655 103,305 123,966 126,585 185,310 199,723 206,610 253,170 309,915 399,446 599,169 619,830 998,615 1,198,338 1,797,507 1,997,230 2,995,845 3,595,014 5,991,690 8,987,535 and 17,975,070, with no remainder.

Since 17,975,070 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,975,070, 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).