Q: Is 69,173,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 69,173,136 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 69,173,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 306 408 432 459 612 816 918 1,224 1,836 2,448 3,672 7,344 9,419 18,838 28,257 37,676 56,514 75,352 84,771 113,028 150,704 160,123 169,542 226,056 254,313 320,246 339,084 452,112 480,369 508,626 640,492 678,168 960,738 1,017,252 1,280,984 1,356,336 1,441,107 1,921,476 2,034,504 2,561,968 2,882,214 3,842,952 4,069,008 4,323,321 5,764,428 7,685,904 8,646,642 11,528,856 17,293,284 23,057,712 34,586,568 and 69,173,136, with no remainder.

Since 69,173,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 69,173,136, 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).