Q: Is 173,447,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 173,447,428 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 173,447,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 19 22 28 38 44 76 77 107 133 154 209 214 266 277 308 418 428 532 554 749 836 1,108 1,177 1,463 1,498 1,939 2,033 2,354 2,926 2,996 3,047 3,878 4,066 4,708 5,263 5,852 6,094 7,756 8,132 8,239 10,526 12,188 14,231 16,478 21,052 21,329 22,363 28,462 29,639 32,956 36,841 42,658 44,726 56,924 57,893 59,278 73,682 85,316 89,452 115,786 118,556 147,364 156,541 207,473 231,572 313,082 326,029 405,251 414,946 563,141 626,164 652,058 810,502 829,892 1,126,282 1,304,116 1,621,004 2,252,564 2,282,203 3,941,987 4,564,406 6,194,551 7,883,974 9,128,812 12,389,102 15,767,948 24,778,204 43,361,857 86,723,714 and 173,447,428, with no remainder.

Since 173,447,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 173,447,428, 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).