Q: Is 197,544,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 197,544,672 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 197,544,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 19 24 26 32 36 38 39 48 52 57 72 76 78 96 104 114 117 144 152 156 171 208 228 234 247 288 304 312 342 416 456 468 494 608 624 684 741 912 936 988 1,248 1,368 1,482 1,824 1,872 1,976 2,223 2,736 2,777 2,964 3,744 3,952 4,446 5,472 5,554 5,928 7,904 8,331 8,892 11,108 11,856 16,662 17,784 22,216 23,712 24,993 33,324 35,568 36,101 44,432 49,986 52,763 66,648 71,136 72,202 88,864 99,972 105,526 108,303 133,296 144,404 158,289 199,944 211,052 216,606 266,592 288,808 316,578 324,909 399,888 422,104 433,212 474,867 577,616 633,156 649,818 685,919 799,776 844,208 866,424 949,734 1,155,232 1,266,312 1,299,636 1,371,838 1,688,416 1,732,848 1,899,468 2,057,757 2,532,624 2,599,272 2,743,676 3,465,696 3,798,936 4,115,514 5,065,248 5,198,544 5,487,352 6,173,271 7,597,872 8,231,028 10,397,088 10,974,704 12,346,542 15,195,744 16,462,056 21,949,408 24,693,084 32,924,112 49,386,168 65,848,224 98,772,336 and 197,544,672, with no remainder.

Since 197,544,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 197,544,672, 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).