Q: Is 162,516,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 162,516,640 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 162,516,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 20 22 26 32 40 44 52 55 65 80 88 104 110 130 143 160 176 208 220 260 286 352 416 440 520 572 715 880 1,040 1,144 1,430 1,760 2,080 2,288 2,860 4,576 5,720 7,103 11,440 14,206 22,880 28,412 35,515 56,824 71,030 78,133 92,339 113,648 142,060 156,266 184,678 227,296 284,120 312,532 369,356 390,665 461,695 568,240 625,064 738,712 781,330 923,390 1,015,729 1,136,480 1,250,128 1,477,424 1,562,660 1,846,780 2,031,458 2,500,256 2,954,848 3,125,320 3,693,560 4,062,916 5,078,645 6,250,640 7,387,120 8,125,832 10,157,290 12,501,280 14,774,240 16,251,664 20,314,580 32,503,328 40,629,160 81,258,320 and 162,516,640, with no remainder.

Since 162,516,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 162,516,640, 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).