Q: Is 172,644,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 172,644,200 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 172,644,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 200 269 538 1,076 1,345 2,152 2,690 3,209 5,380 6,418 6,725 10,760 12,836 13,450 16,045 25,672 26,900 32,090 53,800 64,180 80,225 128,360 160,450 320,900 641,800 863,221 1,726,442 3,452,884 4,316,105 6,905,768 8,632,210 17,264,420 21,580,525 34,528,840 43,161,050 86,322,100 and 172,644,200, with no remainder.

Since 172,644,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 172,644,200, 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).