Q: Is 167,116,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,116,656 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 167,116,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 41 42 48 49 56 82 84 98 112 123 147 164 168 196 246 287 294 328 336 392 492 574 588 656 784 861 984 1,148 1,176 1,722 1,733 1,968 2,009 2,296 2,352 3,444 3,466 4,018 4,592 5,199 6,027 6,888 6,932 8,036 10,398 12,054 12,131 13,776 13,864 16,072 20,796 24,108 24,262 27,728 32,144 36,393 41,592 48,216 48,524 71,053 72,786 83,184 84,917 96,432 97,048 142,106 145,572 169,834 194,096 213,159 254,751 284,212 291,144 339,668 426,318 497,371 509,502 568,424 582,288 679,336 852,636 994,742 1,019,004 1,136,848 1,358,672 1,492,113 1,705,272 1,989,484 2,038,008 2,984,226 3,410,544 3,481,597 3,978,968 4,076,016 5,968,452 6,963,194 7,957,936 10,444,791 11,936,904 13,926,388 20,889,582 23,873,808 27,852,776 41,779,164 55,705,552 83,558,328 and 167,116,656, with no remainder.

Since 167,116,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,116,656, 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).