Q: Is 377,006,172 a Composite Number?

Why is 377,006,172 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 377,006,172 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 37 53 74 106 111 148 159 212 222 318 433 444 636 866 1,299 1,369 1,732 1,961 2,598 2,738 3,922 4,107 5,196 5,476 5,883 7,844 8,214 11,766 16,021 16,428 22,949 23,532 32,042 45,898 48,063 64,084 68,847 72,557 91,796 96,126 137,694 145,114 192,252 217,671 275,388 290,228 435,342 592,777 849,113 870,684 1,185,554 1,698,226 1,778,331 2,371,108 2,547,339 3,396,452 3,556,662 5,094,678 7,113,324 10,189,356 31,417,181 62,834,362 94,251,543 125,668,724 188,503,086 and 377,006,172, with no remainder.

Since 377,006,172 cannot be divided by just 1 and 377,006,172, 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).