Q: Is 161,742,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 161,742,392 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 161,742,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 37 56 74 148 251 259 296 311 502 518 622 1,004 1,036 1,244 1,757 2,008 2,072 2,177 2,488 3,514 4,354 7,028 8,708 9,287 11,507 14,056 17,416 18,574 23,014 37,148 46,028 65,009 74,296 78,061 80,549 92,056 130,018 156,122 161,098 260,036 312,244 322,196 520,072 546,427 624,488 644,392 1,092,854 2,185,708 2,888,257 4,371,416 5,776,514 11,553,028 20,217,799 23,106,056 40,435,598 80,871,196 and 161,742,392, with no remainder.

Since 161,742,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 161,742,392, 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).