Q: Is 163,423,332 a Composite Number?

Why is 163,423,332 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 163,423,332 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 27 36 38 54 57 76 81 108 114 162 171 228 243 324 342 486 513 684 972 1,026 1,539 2,052 3,078 4,617 6,156 8,849 9,234 17,698 18,468 26,547 35,396 53,094 79,641 106,188 159,282 168,131 238,923 318,564 336,262 477,846 504,393 672,524 716,769 955,692 1,008,786 1,433,538 1,513,179 2,017,572 2,150,307 2,867,076 3,026,358 4,300,614 4,539,537 6,052,716 8,601,228 9,079,074 13,618,611 18,158,148 27,237,222 40,855,833 54,474,444 81,711,666 and 163,423,332, with no remainder.

Since 163,423,332 cannot be divided by just 1 and 163,423,332, 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).