Q: Is 162,315,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 162,315,504 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 162,315,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 31 36 39 48 52 62 72 78 93 104 117 124 144 156 186 208 234 248 279 312 372 403 468 496 558 624 744 806 936 1,116 1,209 1,488 1,612 1,872 2,232 2,418 2,797 3,224 3,627 4,464 4,836 5,594 6,448 7,254 8,391 9,672 11,188 14,508 16,782 19,344 22,376 25,173 29,016 33,564 36,361 44,752 50,346 58,032 67,128 72,722 86,707 100,692 109,083 134,256 145,444 173,414 201,384 218,166 260,121 290,888 327,249 346,828 402,768 436,332 520,242 581,776 654,498 693,656 780,363 872,664 1,040,484 1,127,191 1,308,996 1,387,312 1,560,726 1,745,328 2,080,968 2,254,382 2,617,992 3,121,452 3,381,573 4,161,936 4,508,764 5,235,984 6,242,904 6,763,146 9,017,528 10,144,719 12,485,808 13,526,292 18,035,056 20,289,438 27,052,584 40,578,876 54,105,168 81,157,752 and 162,315,504, with no remainder.

Since 162,315,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 162,315,504, 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).