Q: Is 157,201,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 157,201,216 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 157,201,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 41 64 82 139 164 278 328 431 556 656 862 1,112 1,312 1,724 2,224 2,624 3,448 4,448 5,699 6,896 8,896 11,398 13,792 17,671 22,796 27,584 35,342 45,592 59,909 70,684 91,184 119,818 141,368 182,368 239,636 282,736 364,736 479,272 565,472 958,544 1,130,944 1,917,088 2,456,269 3,834,176 4,912,538 9,825,076 19,650,152 39,300,304 78,600,608 and 157,201,216, with no remainder.

Since 157,201,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 157,201,216, 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).