Q: Is 177,072,434 a Composite Number?

Why is 177,072,434 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 177,072,434 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 29 31 58 62 77 154 203 217 319 341 406 434 638 682 899 1,279 1,798 2,233 2,387 2,558 4,466 4,774 6,293 8,953 9,889 12,586 14,069 17,906 19,778 28,138 37,091 39,649 69,223 74,182 79,298 98,483 138,446 196,966 259,637 277,543 408,001 436,139 519,274 555,086 816,002 872,278 1,149,821 2,299,642 2,856,007 3,052,973 5,712,014 6,105,946 8,048,747 12,648,031 16,097,494 25,296,062 88,536,217 and 177,072,434, with no remainder.

Since 177,072,434 cannot be divided by just 1 and 177,072,434, 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).