Q: Is 117,172,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 117,172,720 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 117,172,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 49 56 70 71 80 98 112 140 142 196 245 280 284 355 392 421 490 497 560 568 710 784 842 980 994 1,136 1,420 1,684 1,960 1,988 2,105 2,485 2,840 2,947 3,368 3,479 3,920 3,976 4,210 4,970 5,680 5,894 6,736 6,958 7,952 8,420 9,940 11,788 13,916 14,735 16,840 17,395 19,880 20,629 23,576 27,832 29,470 29,891 33,680 34,790 39,760 41,258 47,152 55,664 58,940 59,782 69,580 82,516 103,145 117,880 119,564 139,160 149,455 165,032 206,290 209,237 235,760 239,128 278,320 298,910 330,064 412,580 418,474 478,256 597,820 825,160 836,948 1,046,185 1,195,640 1,464,659 1,650,320 1,673,896 2,092,370 2,391,280 2,929,318 3,347,792 4,184,740 5,858,636 7,323,295 8,369,480 11,717,272 14,646,590 16,738,960 23,434,544 29,293,180 58,586,360 and 117,172,720, with no remainder.

Since 117,172,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,172,720, 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).