Q: Is 173,480,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 173,480,400 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 173,480,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 27 30 36 40 45 48 50 54 60 72 75 80 90 100 108 120 135 144 150 180 200 216 225 240 270 300 360 400 432 450 540 600 675 720 900 1,080 1,200 1,350 1,800 2,160 2,700 3,600 5,400 10,800 16,063 32,126 48,189 64,252 80,315 96,378 128,504 144,567 160,630 192,756 240,945 257,008 289,134 321,260 385,512 401,575 433,701 481,890 578,268 642,520 722,835 771,024 803,150 867,402 963,780 1,156,536 1,204,725 1,285,040 1,445,670 1,606,300 1,734,804 1,927,560 2,168,505 2,313,072 2,409,450 2,891,340 3,212,600 3,469,608 3,614,175 3,855,120 4,337,010 4,818,900 5,782,680 6,425,200 6,939,216 7,228,350 8,674,020 9,637,800 10,842,525 11,565,360 14,456,700 17,348,040 19,275,600 21,685,050 28,913,400 34,696,080 43,370,100 57,826,800 86,740,200 and 173,480,400, with no remainder.

Since 173,480,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 173,480,400, 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).