Q: Is 172,211,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 172,211,160 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 172,211,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 132 165 220 264 283 330 440 461 566 660 849 922 1,132 1,320 1,383 1,415 1,698 1,844 2,264 2,305 2,766 2,830 3,113 3,396 3,688 4,245 4,610 5,071 5,532 5,660 6,226 6,792 6,915 8,490 9,220 9,339 10,142 11,064 11,320 12,452 13,830 15,213 15,565 16,980 18,440 18,678 20,284 24,904 25,355 27,660 30,426 31,130 33,960 37,356 40,568 46,695 50,710 55,320 60,852 62,260 74,712 76,065 93,390 101,420 121,704 124,520 130,463 152,130 186,780 202,840 260,926 304,260 373,560 391,389 521,852 608,520 652,315 782,778 1,043,704 1,304,630 1,435,093 1,565,556 1,956,945 2,609,260 2,870,186 3,131,112 3,913,890 4,305,279 5,218,520 5,740,372 7,175,465 7,827,780 8,610,558 11,480,744 14,350,930 15,655,560 17,221,116 21,526,395 28,701,860 34,442,232 43,052,790 57,403,720 86,105,580 and 172,211,160, with no remainder.

Since 172,211,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 172,211,160, 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).