Q: Is 163,642,164 a Composite Number?

Why is 163,642,164 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 163,642,164 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 49 53 59 84 89 98 106 118 147 159 177 178 196 212 236 267 294 318 354 356 371 413 534 588 623 636 708 742 826 1,068 1,113 1,239 1,246 1,484 1,652 1,869 2,226 2,478 2,492 2,597 2,891 3,127 3,738 4,361 4,452 4,717 4,956 5,194 5,251 5,782 6,254 7,476 7,791 8,673 8,722 9,381 9,434 10,388 10,502 11,564 12,508 13,083 14,151 15,582 15,753 17,346 17,444 18,762 18,868 21,004 21,889 26,166 28,302 31,164 31,506 33,019 34,692 36,757 37,524 43,778 52,332 56,604 63,012 65,667 66,038 73,514 87,556 99,057 110,271 131,334 132,076 147,028 153,223 198,114 220,542 231,133 257,299 262,668 278,303 306,446 396,228 441,084 459,669 462,266 514,598 556,606 612,892 693,399 771,897 834,909 919,338 924,532 1,029,196 1,113,212 1,386,798 1,543,794 1,669,818 1,838,676 1,948,121 2,773,596 3,087,588 3,339,636 3,896,242 5,844,363 7,792,484 11,688,726 13,636,847 23,377,452 27,273,694 40,910,541 54,547,388 81,821,082 and 163,642,164, with no remainder.

Since 163,642,164 cannot be divided by just 1 and 163,642,164, 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).