Q: Is 202,177,572 a Composite Number?

Why is 202,177,572 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 202,177,572 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 43 86 129 172 258 516 391,817 783,634 1,175,451 1,567,268 2,350,902 4,701,804 16,848,131 33,696,262 50,544,393 67,392,524 101,088,786 and 202,177,572, with no remainder.

Since 202,177,572 cannot be divided by just 1 and 202,177,572, 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).