Q: Is 167,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,328 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 167,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 83 84 96 112 126 144 166 168 224 249 252 288 332 336 498 504 581 664 672 747 996 1,008 1,162 1,328 1,494 1,743 1,992 2,016 2,324 2,656 2,988 3,486 3,984 4,648 5,229 5,976 6,972 7,968 9,296 10,458 11,952 13,944 18,592 20,916 23,904 27,888 41,832 55,776 83,664 and 167,328, with no remainder.

Since 167,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,328, 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).