Q: Is 167,462,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,462,520 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 167,462,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 239 478 717 956 1,195 1,434 1,912 2,390 2,868 3,585 4,780 5,736 5,839 7,170 9,560 11,678 14,340 17,517 23,356 28,680 29,195 35,034 46,712 58,390 70,068 87,585 116,780 140,136 175,170 233,560 350,340 700,680 1,395,521 2,791,042 4,186,563 5,582,084 6,977,605 8,373,126 11,164,168 13,955,210 16,746,252 20,932,815 27,910,420 33,492,504 41,865,630 55,820,840 83,731,260 and 167,462,520, with no remainder.

Since 167,462,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,462,520, 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).