Q: Is 146,176,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 146,176,704 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 146,176,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 32 36 48 54 58 64 72 87 96 108 116 144 174 192 216 232 261 288 348 432 464 522 576 696 783 864 928 1,044 1,392 1,566 1,728 1,856 2,088 2,784 2,917 3,132 4,176 5,568 5,834 6,264 8,352 8,751 11,668 12,528 16,704 17,502 23,336 25,056 26,253 35,004 46,672 50,112 52,506 70,008 78,759 84,593 93,344 105,012 140,016 157,518 169,186 186,688 210,024 253,779 280,032 315,036 338,372 420,048 507,558 560,064 630,072 676,744 761,337 840,096 1,015,116 1,260,144 1,353,488 1,522,674 1,680,192 2,030,232 2,284,011 2,520,288 2,706,976 3,045,348 4,060,464 4,568,022 5,040,576 5,413,952 6,090,696 8,120,928 9,136,044 12,181,392 16,241,856 18,272,088 24,362,784 36,544,176 48,725,568 73,088,352 and 146,176,704, with no remainder.

Since 146,176,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 146,176,704, 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).