Q: Is 170,207,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 170,207,016 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 170,207,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 19 21 24 28 38 42 56 57 76 84 114 133 152 168 228 266 399 456 532 798 1,064 1,596 3,192 53,323 106,646 159,969 213,292 319,938 373,261 426,584 639,876 746,522 1,013,137 1,119,783 1,279,752 1,493,044 2,026,274 2,239,566 2,986,088 3,039,411 4,052,548 4,479,132 6,078,822 7,091,959 8,105,096 8,958,264 12,157,644 14,183,918 21,275,877 24,315,288 28,367,836 42,551,754 56,735,672 85,103,508 and 170,207,016, with no remainder.

Since 170,207,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 170,207,016, 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).