Q: Is 117,853,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 117,853,344 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 117,853,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 53 56 63 72 84 96 106 112 126 144 159 168 212 224 252 288 318 336 371 424 477 504 636 672 742 848 954 1,008 1,103 1,113 1,272 1,484 1,696 1,908 2,016 2,206 2,226 2,544 2,968 3,309 3,339 3,816 4,412 4,452 5,088 5,936 6,618 6,678 7,632 7,721 8,824 8,904 9,927 11,872 13,236 13,356 15,264 15,442 17,648 17,808 19,854 23,163 26,472 26,712 30,884 35,296 35,616 39,708 46,326 52,944 53,424 58,459 61,768 69,489 79,416 92,652 105,888 106,848 116,918 123,536 138,978 158,832 175,377 185,304 233,836 247,072 277,956 317,664 350,754 370,608 409,213 467,672 526,131 555,912 701,508 741,216 818,426 935,344 1,052,262 1,111,824 1,227,639 1,403,016 1,636,852 1,870,688 2,104,524 2,223,648 2,455,278 2,806,032 3,273,704 3,682,917 4,209,048 4,910,556 5,612,064 6,547,408 7,365,834 8,418,096 9,821,112 13,094,816 14,731,668 16,836,192 19,642,224 29,463,336 39,284,448 58,926,672 and 117,853,344, with no remainder.

Since 117,853,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,853,344, 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).