Q: Is 153,343,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 153,343,008 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 153,343,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 26 28 32 36 39 42 48 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 96 104 112 117 126 144 156 168 182 208 224 234 252 273 288 312 336 364 416 468 504 546 624 672 728 819 936 1,008 1,092 1,248 1,456 1,638 1,872 2,016 2,184 2,912 3,276 3,744 4,368 5,851 6,552 8,736 11,702 13,104 17,553 23,404 26,208 35,106 40,957 46,808 52,659 70,212 76,063 81,914 93,616 105,318 122,871 140,424 152,126 163,828 187,232 210,636 228,189 245,742 280,848 304,252 327,656 368,613 421,272 456,378 491,484 532,441 561,696 608,504 655,312 684,567 737,226 842,544 912,756 982,968 1,064,882 1,217,008 1,310,624 1,369,134 1,474,452 1,597,323 1,685,088 1,825,512 1,965,936 2,129,764 2,434,016 2,738,268 2,948,904 3,194,646 3,651,024 3,931,872 4,259,528 4,791,969 5,476,536 5,897,808 6,389,292 7,302,048 8,519,056 9,583,938 10,953,072 11,795,616 12,778,584 17,038,112 19,167,876 21,906,144 25,557,168 38,335,752 51,114,336 76,671,504 and 153,343,008, with no remainder.

Since 153,343,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 153,343,008, 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).