Q: Is 172,163,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 172,163,072 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 172,163,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 37 64 71 74 128 142 148 256 284 296 512 568 592 1,024 1,136 1,184 2,048 2,272 2,368 2,627 4,096 4,544 4,736 5,254 8,192 9,088 9,472 10,508 16,384 18,176 18,944 21,016 32,768 36,352 37,888 42,032 65,536 72,704 75,776 84,064 145,408 151,552 168,128 290,816 303,104 336,256 581,632 606,208 672,512 1,163,264 1,212,416 1,345,024 2,326,528 2,424,832 2,690,048 4,653,056 5,380,096 10,760,192 21,520,384 43,040,768 86,081,536 and 172,163,072, with no remainder.

Since 172,163,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 172,163,072, 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).