Q: Is 157,676,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 157,676,428 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 157,676,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 13 14 17 26 28 34 52 68 83 91 119 166 182 221 238 307 332 364 442 476 581 614 884 1,079 1,162 1,228 1,411 1,547 2,149 2,158 2,324 2,822 3,094 3,991 4,298 4,316 5,219 5,644 6,188 7,553 7,982 8,596 9,877 10,438 15,106 15,964 18,343 19,754 20,876 25,481 27,937 30,212 36,533 36,686 39,508 50,962 55,874 67,847 73,066 73,372 101,924 111,748 128,401 135,694 146,132 178,367 256,802 271,388 331,253 356,734 433,177 474,929 513,604 662,506 713,468 866,354 949,858 1,325,012 1,732,708 1,899,716 2,318,771 3,032,239 4,637,542 5,631,301 6,064,478 9,275,084 11,262,602 12,128,956 22,525,204 39,419,107 78,838,214 and 157,676,428, with no remainder.

Since 157,676,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 157,676,428, 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).