Q: Is 162,447,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 162,447,264 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 162,447,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 19 21 24 28 32 36 38 42 48 56 57 63 72 76 84 96 112 114 126 133 144 152 168 171 224 228 252 266 288 304 336 342 399 456 504 532 608 672 684 798 912 1,008 1,064 1,197 1,368 1,596 1,824 2,016 2,128 2,394 2,736 3,192 4,241 4,256 4,788 5,472 6,384 8,482 9,576 12,723 12,768 16,964 19,152 25,446 29,687 33,928 38,169 38,304 50,892 59,374 67,856 76,338 80,579 89,061 101,784 118,748 135,712 152,676 161,158 178,122 203,568 237,496 241,737 267,183 305,352 322,316 356,244 407,136 474,992 483,474 534,366 564,053 610,704 644,632 712,488 725,211 949,984 966,948 1,068,732 1,128,106 1,221,408 1,289,264 1,424,976 1,450,422 1,692,159 1,933,896 2,137,464 2,256,212 2,578,528 2,849,952 2,900,844 3,384,318 3,867,792 4,274,928 4,512,424 5,076,477 5,801,688 6,768,636 7,735,584 8,549,856 9,024,848 10,152,954 11,603,376 13,537,272 18,049,696 20,305,908 23,206,752 27,074,544 40,611,816 54,149,088 81,223,632 and 162,447,264, with no remainder.

Since 162,447,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 162,447,264, 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).