Q: Is 172,115,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 172,115,480 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 172,115,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 68 85 127 136 170 254 340 508 635 680 1,016 1,270 1,993 2,159 2,540 3,986 4,318 5,080 7,972 8,636 9,965 10,795 15,944 17,272 19,930 21,590 33,881 39,860 43,180 67,762 79,720 86,360 135,524 169,405 253,111 271,048 338,810 506,222 677,620 1,012,444 1,265,555 1,355,240 2,024,888 2,531,110 4,302,887 5,062,220 8,605,774 10,124,440 17,211,548 21,514,435 34,423,096 43,028,870 86,057,740 and 172,115,480, with no remainder.

Since 172,115,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 172,115,480, 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).