Q: Is 163,201,852 a Composite Number?

Why is 163,201,852 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 163,201,852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 103 206 412 1,133 2,266 4,532 36,011 72,022 144,044 396,121 792,242 1,584,484 3,709,133 7,418,266 14,836,532 40,800,463 81,600,926 and 163,201,852, with no remainder.

Since 163,201,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 163,201,852, 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).