Q: Is 167,371,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,371,344 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 167,371,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 168 252 336 504 1,008 166,043 332,086 498,129 664,172 996,258 1,162,301 1,328,344 1,494,387 1,992,516 2,324,602 2,656,688 2,988,774 3,486,903 3,985,032 4,649,204 5,977,548 6,973,806 7,970,064 9,298,408 10,460,709 11,955,096 13,947,612 18,596,816 20,921,418 23,910,192 27,895,224 41,842,836 55,790,448 83,685,672 and 167,371,344, with no remainder.

Since 167,371,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,371,344, 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).