Q: Is 167,306,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,306,724 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 167,306,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 78 102 117 153 156 204 221 234 289 306 442 468 578 612 663 867 884 1,156 1,237 1,326 1,734 1,989 2,474 2,601 2,652 3,468 3,711 3,757 3,978 4,948 5,202 7,422 7,514 7,956 10,404 11,133 11,271 14,844 15,028 16,081 21,029 22,266 22,542 32,162 33,813 42,058 44,532 45,084 48,243 63,087 64,324 67,626 84,116 96,486 126,174 135,252 144,729 189,261 192,972 252,348 273,377 289,458 357,493 378,522 546,754 578,916 714,986 757,044 820,131 1,072,479 1,093,508 1,429,972 1,640,262 2,144,958 2,460,393 3,217,437 3,280,524 4,289,916 4,647,409 4,920,786 6,434,874 9,294,818 9,841,572 12,869,748 13,942,227 18,589,636 27,884,454 41,826,681 55,768,908 83,653,362 and 167,306,724, with no remainder.

Since 167,306,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,306,724, 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).