Q: Is 170,207,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 170,207,680 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 170,207,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 47 64 80 94 160 188 235 320 376 470 752 940 1,504 1,880 3,008 3,760 7,520 11,317 15,040 22,634 45,268 56,585 90,536 113,170 181,072 226,340 362,144 452,680 531,899 724,288 905,360 1,063,798 1,810,720 2,127,596 2,659,495 3,621,440 4,255,192 5,318,990 8,510,384 10,637,980 17,020,768 21,275,960 34,041,536 42,551,920 85,103,840 and 170,207,680, with no remainder.

Since 170,207,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 170,207,680, 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).