Q: Is 163,432,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 163,432,248 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 163,432,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 31 42 49 56 62 84 93 98 124 147 168 186 196 217 248 294 372 392 434 588 651 744 868 1,176 1,302 1,519 1,736 2,604 3,038 4,483 4,557 5,208 6,076 8,966 9,114 12,152 13,449 17,932 18,228 26,898 31,381 35,864 36,456 53,796 62,762 94,143 107,592 125,524 138,973 188,286 219,667 251,048 277,946 376,572 416,919 439,334 555,892 659,001 753,144 833,838 878,668 972,811 1,111,784 1,318,002 1,667,676 1,757,336 1,945,622 2,636,004 2,918,433 3,335,352 3,891,244 5,272,008 5,836,866 6,809,677 7,782,488 11,673,732 13,619,354 20,429,031 23,347,464 27,238,708 40,858,062 54,477,416 81,716,124 and 163,432,248, with no remainder.

Since 163,432,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 163,432,248, 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).