Q: Is 175,791,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 175,791,120 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 175,791,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 240 563 1,126 1,301 1,689 2,252 2,602 2,815 3,378 3,903 4,504 5,204 5,630 6,505 6,756 7,806 8,445 9,008 10,408 11,260 13,010 13,512 15,612 16,890 19,515 20,816 22,520 26,020 27,024 31,224 33,780 39,030 45,040 52,040 62,448 67,560 78,060 104,080 135,120 156,120 312,240 732,463 1,464,926 2,197,389 2,929,852 3,662,315 4,394,778 5,859,704 7,324,630 8,789,556 10,986,945 11,719,408 14,649,260 17,579,112 21,973,890 29,298,520 35,158,224 43,947,780 58,597,040 87,895,560 and 175,791,120, with no remainder.

Since 175,791,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 175,791,120, 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).