Q: Is 117,170,172 a Composite Number?

Why is 117,170,172 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 117,170,172 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 49 54 63 84 98 108 126 147 189 196 252 294 343 378 441 588 686 756 882 1,029 1,323 1,372 1,764 2,058 2,646 3,087 3,163 4,116 5,292 6,174 6,326 9,261 9,489 12,348 12,652 18,522 18,978 22,141 28,467 37,044 37,956 44,282 56,934 66,423 85,401 88,564 113,868 132,846 154,987 170,802 199,269 265,692 309,974 341,604 398,538 464,961 597,807 619,948 797,076 929,922 1,084,909 1,195,614 1,394,883 1,859,844 2,169,818 2,391,228 2,789,766 3,254,727 4,184,649 4,339,636 5,579,532 6,509,454 8,369,298 9,764,181 13,018,908 16,738,596 19,528,362 29,292,543 39,056,724 58,585,086 and 117,170,172, with no remainder.

Since 117,170,172 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,170,172, 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).