Q: Is 207,201,517 a Composite Number?

Why is 207,201,517 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 207,201,517 can be evenly divided by 1 19 37 359 703 821 6,821 13,283 15,599 30,377 252,377 294,739 577,163 5,600,041 10,905,343 and 207,201,517, with no remainder.

Since 207,201,517 cannot be divided by just 1 and 207,201,517, 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).