Q: Is 163,635,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 163,635,048 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 163,635,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 73 146 163 191 219 292 326 382 438 489 573 584 652 657 764 876 978 1,146 1,304 1,314 1,467 1,528 1,719 1,752 1,956 2,292 2,628 2,934 3,438 3,912 4,584 5,256 5,868 6,876 11,736 11,899 13,752 13,943 23,798 27,886 31,133 35,697 41,829 47,596 55,772 62,266 71,394 83,658 93,399 95,192 107,091 111,544 124,532 125,487 142,788 167,316 186,798 214,182 249,064 250,974 280,197 285,576 334,632 373,596 428,364 501,948 560,394 747,192 856,728 1,003,896 1,120,788 2,241,576 2,272,709 4,545,418 6,818,127 9,090,836 13,636,254 18,181,672 20,454,381 27,272,508 40,908,762 54,545,016 81,817,524 and 163,635,048, with no remainder.

Since 163,635,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 163,635,048, 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).