Q: Is 170,667,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 170,667,264 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 170,667,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 61 64 96 122 128 183 192 244 256 366 384 488 732 768 976 1,464 1,952 2,928 3,643 3,904 5,856 7,286 7,808 10,929 11,712 14,572 15,616 21,858 23,424 29,144 43,716 46,848 58,288 87,432 116,576 174,864 222,223 233,152 349,728 444,446 466,304 666,669 699,456 888,892 932,608 1,333,338 1,398,912 1,777,784 2,666,676 2,797,824 3,555,568 5,333,352 7,111,136 10,666,704 14,222,272 21,333,408 28,444,544 42,666,816 56,889,088 85,333,632 and 170,667,264, with no remainder.

Since 170,667,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 170,667,264, 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).