Q: Is 172,336,164 a Composite Number?

Why is 172,336,164 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 172,336,164 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 13 14 21 22 26 28 33 39 42 44 52 66 77 78 84 91 132 143 154 156 182 231 273 286 308 364 429 462 546 572 858 924 1,001 1,092 1,716 2,002 3,003 4,004 6,006 12,012 14,347 28,694 43,041 57,388 86,082 100,429 157,817 172,164 186,511 200,858 301,287 315,634 373,022 401,716 473,451 559,533 602,574 631,268 746,044 946,902 1,104,719 1,119,066 1,205,148 1,305,577 1,893,804 2,051,621 2,209,438 2,238,132 2,611,154 3,314,157 3,916,731 4,103,242 4,418,876 5,222,308 6,154,863 6,628,314 7,833,462 8,206,484 12,309,726 13,256,628 14,361,347 15,666,924 24,619,452 28,722,694 43,084,041 57,445,388 86,168,082 and 172,336,164, with no remainder.

Since 172,336,164 cannot be divided by just 1 and 172,336,164, 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).