Q: Is 162,605,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 162,605,232 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 162,605,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 37 48 54 72 74 81 108 111 144 148 162 216 222 296 324 333 432 444 592 648 666 888 999 1,296 1,332 1,776 1,998 2,664 2,997 3,391 3,996 5,328 5,994 6,782 7,992 10,173 11,988 13,564 15,984 20,346 23,976 27,128 30,519 40,692 47,952 54,256 61,038 81,384 91,557 122,076 125,467 162,768 183,114 244,152 250,934 274,671 366,228 376,401 488,304 501,868 549,342 732,456 752,802 1,003,736 1,098,684 1,129,203 1,464,912 1,505,604 2,007,472 2,197,368 2,258,406 3,011,208 3,387,609 4,394,736 4,516,812 6,022,416 6,775,218 9,033,624 10,162,827 13,550,436 18,067,248 20,325,654 27,100,872 40,651,308 54,201,744 81,302,616 and 162,605,232, with no remainder.

Since 162,605,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 162,605,232, 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).