Q: Is 167,375,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,375,712 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 167,375,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 32 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 96 112 114 133 152 168 224 228 266 304 336 399 456 532 608 672 798 912 1,064 1,596 1,824 2,128 3,192 4,256 6,384 12,768 13,109 26,218 39,327 52,436 78,654 91,763 104,872 157,308 183,526 209,744 249,071 275,289 314,616 367,052 419,488 498,142 550,578 629,232 734,104 747,213 996,284 1,101,156 1,258,464 1,468,208 1,494,426 1,743,497 1,992,568 2,202,312 2,936,416 2,988,852 3,486,994 3,985,136 4,404,624 5,230,491 5,977,704 6,973,988 7,970,272 8,809,248 10,460,982 11,955,408 13,947,976 20,921,964 23,910,816 27,895,952 41,843,928 55,791,904 83,687,856 and 167,375,712, with no remainder.

Since 167,375,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,375,712, 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).