Q: Is 201,324,172 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,324,172 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 201,324,172 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 1,259 2,518 5,036 5,711 8,813 11,422 17,626 22,844 35,252 39,977 79,954 159,908 7,190,149 14,380,298 28,760,596 50,331,043 100,662,086 and 201,324,172, with no remainder.

Since 201,324,172 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,324,172, 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).