Q: Is 155,463,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 155,463,648 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 155,463,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 83 96 109 166 179 218 249 327 332 358 436 498 537 654 664 716 872 996 1,074 1,308 1,328 1,432 1,744 1,992 2,148 2,616 2,656 2,864 3,488 3,984 4,296 5,232 5,728 7,968 8,592 9,047 10,464 14,857 17,184 18,094 19,511 27,141 29,714 36,188 39,022 44,571 54,282 58,533 59,428 72,376 78,044 89,142 108,564 117,066 118,856 144,752 156,088 178,284 217,128 234,132 237,712 289,504 312,176 356,568 434,256 468,264 475,424 624,352 713,136 868,512 936,528 1,426,272 1,619,413 1,873,056 3,238,826 4,858,239 6,477,652 9,716,478 12,955,304 19,432,956 25,910,608 38,865,912 51,821,216 77,731,824 and 155,463,648, with no remainder.

Since 155,463,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 155,463,648, 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).