Q: Is 163,623,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 163,623,740 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 163,623,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 49 70 98 103 140 196 206 245 412 490 515 721 980 1,030 1,442 1,621 2,060 2,884 3,242 3,605 5,047 6,484 7,210 8,105 10,094 11,347 14,420 16,210 20,188 22,694 25,235 32,420 45,388 50,470 56,735 79,429 100,940 113,470 158,858 166,963 226,940 317,716 333,926 397,145 667,852 794,290 834,815 1,168,741 1,588,580 1,669,630 2,337,482 3,339,260 4,674,964 5,843,705 8,181,187 11,687,410 16,362,374 23,374,820 32,724,748 40,905,935 81,811,870 and 163,623,740, with no remainder.

Since 163,623,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 163,623,740, 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).