Q: Is 170,789,100 a Composite Number?

Why is 170,789,100 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 170,789,100 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 19 20 25 30 38 50 57 60 75 76 83 95 100 114 150 166 190 228 249 285 300 332 361 380 415 475 498 570 722 830 950 996 1,083 1,140 1,245 1,425 1,444 1,577 1,660 1,805 1,900 2,075 2,166 2,490 2,850 3,154 3,610 4,150 4,332 4,731 4,980 5,415 5,700 6,225 6,308 6,859 7,220 7,885 8,300 9,025 9,462 10,830 12,450 13,718 15,770 18,050 18,924 20,577 21,660 23,655 24,900 27,075 27,436 29,963 31,540 34,295 36,100 39,425 41,154 47,310 54,150 59,926 68,590 78,850 82,308 89,889 94,620 102,885 108,300 118,275 119,852 137,180 149,815 157,700 171,475 179,778 205,770 236,550 299,630 342,950 359,556 411,540 449,445 473,100 514,425 569,297 599,260 685,900 749,075 898,890 1,028,850 1,138,594 1,498,150 1,707,891 1,797,780 2,057,700 2,247,225 2,277,188 2,846,485 2,996,300 3,415,782 4,494,450 5,692,970 6,831,564 8,539,455 8,988,900 11,385,940 14,232,425 17,078,910 28,464,850 34,157,820 42,697,275 56,929,700 85,394,550 and 170,789,100, with no remainder.

Since 170,789,100 cannot be divided by just 1 and 170,789,100, 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).