Q: Is 164,615,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 164,615,724 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 164,615,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 28 36 39 42 52 63 78 84 91 109 117 126 156 182 218 234 252 273 327 364 436 461 468 546 654 763 819 922 981 1,092 1,308 1,383 1,417 1,526 1,638 1,844 1,962 2,289 2,766 2,834 3,052 3,227 3,276 3,924 4,149 4,251 4,578 5,532 5,668 5,993 6,454 6,867 8,298 8,502 9,156 9,681 9,919 11,986 12,753 12,908 13,734 16,596 17,004 17,979 19,362 19,838 23,972 25,506 27,468 29,043 29,757 35,958 38,724 39,676 41,951 50,249 51,012 53,937 58,086 59,514 71,916 83,902 89,271 100,498 107,874 116,172 119,028 125,853 150,747 167,804 178,542 200,996 215,748 251,706 301,494 351,743 357,084 377,559 452,241 503,412 602,988 653,237 703,486 755,118 904,482 1,055,229 1,306,474 1,406,972 1,510,236 1,808,964 1,959,711 2,110,458 2,612,948 3,165,687 3,919,422 4,220,916 4,572,659 5,879,133 6,331,374 7,838,844 9,145,318 11,758,266 12,662,748 13,717,977 18,290,636 23,516,532 27,435,954 41,153,931 54,871,908 82,307,862 and 164,615,724, with no remainder.

Since 164,615,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 164,615,724, 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).