Q: Is 372,372,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 372,372,352 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 372,372,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 32 34 44 47 64 68 88 94 128 136 176 187 188 272 331 352 374 376 517 544 662 704 748 752 799 1,034 1,088 1,324 1,408 1,496 1,504 1,598 2,068 2,176 2,648 2,992 3,008 3,196 3,641 4,136 5,296 5,627 5,984 6,016 6,392 7,282 8,272 8,789 10,592 11,254 11,968 12,784 14,564 15,557 16,544 17,578 21,184 22,508 23,936 25,568 29,128 31,114 33,088 35,156 42,368 45,016 51,136 58,256 61,897 62,228 66,176 70,312 90,032 102,272 116,512 123,794 124,456 140,624 171,127 180,064 233,024 247,588 248,912 264,469 281,248 342,254 360,128 466,048 495,176 497,824 528,938 562,496 684,508 720,256 990,352 995,648 1,057,876 1,124,992 1,369,016 1,980,704 1,991,296 2,115,752 2,738,032 2,909,159 3,961,408 4,231,504 5,476,064 5,818,318 7,922,816 8,463,008 10,952,128 11,636,636 16,926,016 21,904,256 23,273,272 33,852,032 46,546,544 93,093,088 186,186,176 and 372,372,352, with no remainder.

Since 372,372,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 372,372,352, 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).