Q: Is 167,437,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,437,536 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 167,437,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 112 168 193 224 336 386 579 672 772 1,158 1,291 1,351 1,544 2,316 2,582 2,702 3,088 3,873 4,053 4,632 5,164 5,404 6,176 7,746 8,106 9,037 9,264 10,328 10,808 15,492 16,212 18,074 18,528 20,656 21,616 27,111 30,984 32,424 36,148 41,312 43,232 54,222 61,968 64,848 72,296 108,444 123,936 129,696 144,592 216,888 249,163 289,184 433,776 498,326 747,489 867,552 996,652 1,494,978 1,744,141 1,993,304 2,989,956 3,488,282 3,986,608 5,232,423 5,979,912 6,976,564 7,973,216 10,464,846 11,959,824 13,953,128 20,929,692 23,919,648 27,906,256 41,859,384 55,812,512 83,718,768 and 167,437,536, with no remainder.

Since 167,437,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,437,536, 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).