Q: Is 159,627,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 159,627,104 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 159,627,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 41 49 52 56 82 91 98 104 112 164 182 191 196 208 224 287 328 364 382 392 416 533 574 637 656 728 764 784 1,066 1,148 1,274 1,312 1,337 1,456 1,528 1,568 2,009 2,132 2,296 2,483 2,548 2,674 2,912 3,056 3,731 4,018 4,264 4,592 4,966 5,096 5,348 6,112 7,462 7,831 8,036 8,528 9,184 9,359 9,932 10,192 10,696 14,924 15,662 16,072 17,056 17,381 18,718 19,864 20,384 21,392 26,117 29,848 31,324 32,144 34,762 37,436 39,728 42,784 52,234 54,817 59,696 62,648 64,288 69,524 74,872 79,456 101,803 104,468 109,634 119,392 121,667 125,296 139,048 149,744 203,606 208,936 219,268 243,334 250,592 278,096 299,488 383,719 407,212 417,872 438,536 486,668 556,192 712,621 767,438 814,424 835,744 877,072 973,336 1,425,242 1,534,876 1,628,848 1,754,144 1,946,672 2,850,484 3,069,752 3,257,696 3,893,344 4,988,347 5,700,968 6,139,504 9,976,694 11,401,936 12,279,008 19,953,388 22,803,872 39,906,776 79,813,552 and 159,627,104, with no remainder.

Since 159,627,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 159,627,104, 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).