Q: Is 176,211,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 176,211,072 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 176,211,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 67 72 96 108 128 134 144 192 201 216 268 288 384 402 432 536 576 603 761 804 864 1,072 1,152 1,206 1,522 1,608 1,728 1,809 2,144 2,283 2,412 3,044 3,216 3,456 3,618 4,288 4,566 4,824 6,088 6,432 6,849 7,236 8,576 9,132 9,648 12,176 12,864 13,698 14,472 18,264 19,296 20,547 24,352 25,728 27,396 28,944 36,528 38,592 41,094 48,704 50,987 54,792 57,888 73,056 77,184 82,188 97,408 101,974 109,584 115,776 146,112 152,961 164,376 203,948 219,168 231,552 292,224 305,922 328,752 407,896 438,336 458,883 611,844 657,504 815,792 876,672 917,766 1,223,688 1,315,008 1,376,649 1,631,584 1,835,532 2,447,376 2,630,016 2,753,298 3,263,168 3,671,064 4,894,752 5,506,596 6,526,336 7,342,128 9,789,504 11,013,192 14,684,256 19,579,008 22,026,384 29,368,512 44,052,768 58,737,024 88,105,536 and 176,211,072, with no remainder.

Since 176,211,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 176,211,072, 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).