Q: Is 172,515,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 172,515,672 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 172,515,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 49 56 63 72 84 98 107 126 147 168 196 214 252 294 321 392 428 441 457 504 588 642 749 856 882 914 963 1,176 1,284 1,371 1,498 1,764 1,828 1,926 2,247 2,568 2,742 2,996 3,199 3,528 3,656 3,852 4,113 4,494 5,243 5,484 5,992 6,398 6,741 7,704 8,226 8,988 9,597 10,486 10,968 12,796 13,482 15,729 16,452 17,976 19,194 20,972 22,393 25,592 26,964 28,791 31,458 32,904 38,388 41,944 44,786 47,187 48,899 53,928 57,582 62,916 67,179 76,776 89,572 94,374 97,798 115,164 125,832 134,358 146,697 179,144 188,748 195,596 201,537 230,328 268,716 293,394 342,293 377,496 391,192 403,074 440,091 537,432 586,788 684,586 806,148 880,182 1,026,879 1,173,576 1,369,172 1,612,296 1,760,364 2,053,758 2,396,051 2,738,344 3,080,637 3,520,728 4,107,516 4,792,102 6,161,274 7,188,153 8,215,032 9,584,204 12,322,548 14,376,306 19,168,408 21,564,459 24,645,096 28,752,612 43,128,918 57,505,224 86,257,836 and 172,515,672, with no remainder.

Since 172,515,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 172,515,672, 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).