Q: Is 177,562,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 177,562,008 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 177,562,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 17 18 24 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 72 78 102 104 117 136 153 156 204 221 234 306 312 408 442 468 612 663 884 936 1,224 1,326 1,768 1,989 2,652 3,978 5,304 7,956 11,159 15,912 22,318 33,477 44,636 66,954 89,272 100,431 133,908 145,067 189,703 200,862 267,816 290,134 379,406 401,724 435,201 569,109 580,268 758,812 803,448 870,402 1,138,218 1,160,536 1,305,603 1,517,624 1,707,327 1,740,804 2,276,436 2,466,139 2,611,206 3,414,654 3,481,608 4,552,872 4,932,278 5,222,412 6,829,308 7,398,417 9,864,556 10,444,824 13,658,616 14,796,834 19,729,112 22,195,251 29,593,668 44,390,502 59,187,336 88,781,004 and 177,562,008, with no remainder.

Since 177,562,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 177,562,008, 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).