Q: Is 167,673,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,673,132 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 167,673,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 53 54 66 99 106 108 132 159 198 212 297 318 396 477 583 594 636 954 1,166 1,188 1,431 1,749 1,908 2,332 2,663 2,862 3,498 5,247 5,326 5,724 6,996 7,989 10,494 10,652 15,741 15,978 20,988 23,967 29,293 31,482 31,956 47,934 58,586 62,964 71,901 87,879 95,868 117,172 141,139 143,802 175,758 263,637 282,278 287,604 351,516 423,417 527,274 564,556 790,911 846,834 1,054,548 1,270,251 1,552,529 1,581,822 1,693,668 2,540,502 3,105,058 3,163,644 3,810,753 4,657,587 5,081,004 6,210,116 7,621,506 9,315,174 13,972,761 15,243,012 18,630,348 27,945,522 41,918,283 55,891,044 83,836,566 and 167,673,132, with no remainder.

Since 167,673,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,673,132, 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).