Q: Is 167,740,326 a Composite Number?

Why is 167,740,326 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 167,740,326 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 34 39 51 78 102 117 149 153 221 234 283 298 306 442 447 566 663 849 894 1,326 1,341 1,698 1,937 1,989 2,533 2,547 2,682 3,679 3,874 3,978 4,811 5,066 5,094 5,811 7,358 7,599 9,622 11,037 11,622 14,433 15,198 17,433 22,074 22,797 28,866 32,929 33,111 34,866 42,167 43,299 45,594 62,543 65,858 66,222 84,334 86,598 98,787 125,086 126,501 187,629 197,574 253,002 296,361 375,258 379,503 548,171 562,887 592,722 716,839 759,006 1,096,342 1,125,774 1,433,678 1,644,513 2,150,517 3,289,026 4,301,034 4,933,539 6,451,551 9,318,907 9,867,078 12,903,102 18,637,814 27,956,721 55,913,442 83,870,163 and 167,740,326, with no remainder.

Since 167,740,326 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,740,326, 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).