Q: Is 165,083,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 165,083,724 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 165,083,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 108 117 156 234 307 351 383 468 614 702 766 921 1,149 1,228 1,404 1,532 1,842 2,298 2,763 3,447 3,684 3,991 4,596 4,979 5,526 6,894 7,982 8,289 9,958 10,341 11,052 11,973 13,788 14,937 15,964 16,578 19,916 20,682 23,946 29,874 33,156 35,919 41,364 44,811 47,892 59,748 71,838 89,622 107,757 117,581 134,433 143,676 179,244 215,514 235,162 268,866 352,743 431,028 470,324 537,732 705,486 1,058,229 1,410,972 1,528,553 2,116,458 3,057,106 3,174,687 4,232,916 4,585,659 6,114,212 6,349,374 9,171,318 12,698,748 13,756,977 18,342,636 27,513,954 41,270,931 55,027,908 82,541,862 and 165,083,724, with no remainder.

Since 165,083,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 165,083,724, 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).