Q: Is 112,170,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 112,170,520 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 112,170,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 79 88 110 140 154 158 220 280 308 316 385 395 440 461 553 616 632 770 790 869 922 1,106 1,540 1,580 1,738 1,844 2,212 2,305 2,765 3,080 3,160 3,227 3,476 3,688 4,345 4,424 4,610 5,071 5,530 6,083 6,454 6,952 8,690 9,220 10,142 11,060 12,166 12,908 16,135 17,380 18,440 20,284 22,120 24,332 25,355 25,816 30,415 32,270 34,760 35,497 36,419 40,568 48,664 50,710 60,830 64,540 70,994 72,838 101,420 121,660 129,080 141,988 145,676 177,485 182,095 202,840 243,320 254,933 283,976 291,352 354,970 364,190 400,609 509,866 709,940 728,380 801,218 1,019,732 1,274,665 1,419,880 1,456,760 1,602,436 2,003,045 2,039,464 2,549,330 2,804,263 3,204,872 4,006,090 5,098,660 5,608,526 8,012,180 10,197,320 11,217,052 14,021,315 16,024,360 22,434,104 28,042,630 56,085,260 and 112,170,520, with no remainder.

Since 112,170,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 112,170,520, 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).