Q: Is 172,121,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 172,121,152 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 172,121,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 56 64 73 76 112 133 146 152 224 266 277 292 304 448 511 532 554 584 608 1,022 1,064 1,108 1,168 1,216 1,387 1,939 2,044 2,128 2,216 2,336 2,774 3,878 4,088 4,256 4,432 4,672 5,263 5,548 7,756 8,176 8,512 8,864 9,709 10,526 11,096 15,512 16,352 17,728 19,418 20,221 21,052 22,192 31,024 32,704 36,841 38,836 40,442 42,104 44,384 62,048 73,682 77,672 80,884 84,208 88,768 124,096 141,547 147,364 155,344 161,768 168,416 283,094 294,728 310,688 323,536 336,832 384,199 566,188 589,456 621,376 647,072 768,398 1,132,376 1,178,912 1,294,144 1,536,796 2,264,752 2,357,824 2,689,393 3,073,592 4,529,504 5,378,786 6,147,184 9,059,008 10,757,572 12,294,368 21,515,144 24,588,736 43,030,288 86,060,576 and 172,121,152, with no remainder.

Since 172,121,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 172,121,152, 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).