Q: Is 174,009,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 174,009,120 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 174,009,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 80 96 120 160 227 240 454 480 681 908 1,135 1,362 1,597 1,816 2,270 2,724 3,194 3,405 3,632 4,540 4,791 5,448 6,388 6,810 7,264 7,985 9,080 9,582 10,896 12,776 13,620 15,970 18,160 19,164 21,792 23,955 25,552 27,240 31,940 36,320 38,328 47,910 51,104 54,480 63,880 76,656 95,820 108,960 127,760 153,312 191,640 255,520 362,519 383,280 725,038 766,560 1,087,557 1,450,076 1,812,595 2,175,114 2,900,152 3,625,190 4,350,228 5,437,785 5,800,304 7,250,380 8,700,456 10,875,570 11,600,608 14,500,760 17,400,912 21,751,140 29,001,520 34,801,824 43,502,280 58,003,040 87,004,560 and 174,009,120, with no remainder.

Since 174,009,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 174,009,120, 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).