Q: Is 167,504,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,504,436 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 167,504,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 43 44 54 66 81 86 99 108 129 132 162 172 198 258 297 324 387 396 473 516 594 774 891 946 1,093 1,161 1,188 1,419 1,548 1,782 1,892 2,186 2,322 2,838 3,279 3,483 3,564 4,257 4,372 4,644 5,676 6,558 6,966 8,514 9,837 12,023 12,771 13,116 13,932 17,028 19,674 24,046 25,542 29,511 36,069 38,313 39,348 46,999 48,092 51,084 59,022 72,138 76,626 88,533 93,998 108,207 118,044 140,997 144,276 153,252 177,066 187,996 216,414 281,994 324,621 354,132 422,991 432,828 516,989 563,988 649,242 845,982 973,863 1,033,978 1,268,973 1,298,484 1,550,967 1,691,964 1,947,726 2,067,956 2,537,946 3,101,934 3,806,919 3,895,452 4,652,901 5,075,892 6,203,868 7,613,838 9,305,802 13,958,703 15,227,676 18,611,604 27,917,406 41,876,109 55,834,812 83,752,218 and 167,504,436, with no remainder.

Since 167,504,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,504,436, 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).