Q: Is 162,467,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 162,467,712 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 162,467,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 128 132 144 176 192 198 264 288 352 384 396 528 576 704 792 1,056 1,152 1,408 1,584 2,112 3,168 4,224 6,336 12,672 12,821 25,642 38,463 51,284 76,926 102,568 115,389 141,031 153,852 205,136 230,778 282,062 307,704 410,272 423,093 461,556 564,124 615,408 820,544 846,186 923,112 1,128,248 1,230,816 1,269,279 1,641,088 1,692,372 1,846,224 2,256,496 2,461,632 2,538,558 3,384,744 3,692,448 4,512,992 4,923,264 5,077,116 6,769,488 7,384,896 9,025,984 10,154,232 13,538,976 14,769,792 18,051,968 20,308,464 27,077,952 40,616,928 54,155,904 81,233,856 and 162,467,712, with no remainder.

Since 162,467,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 162,467,712, 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).