Q: Is 187,321,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 187,321,568 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 187,321,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 23 28 32 46 56 92 103 112 161 184 206 224 322 353 368 412 644 706 721 736 824 1,288 1,412 1,442 1,648 2,369 2,471 2,576 2,824 2,884 3,296 4,738 4,942 5,152 5,648 5,768 8,119 9,476 9,884 11,296 11,536 16,238 16,583 18,952 19,768 23,072 32,476 33,166 36,359 37,904 39,536 56,833 64,952 66,332 72,718 75,808 79,072 113,666 129,904 132,664 145,436 227,332 254,513 259,808 265,328 290,872 454,664 509,026 530,656 581,744 836,257 909,328 1,018,052 1,163,488 1,672,514 1,818,656 2,036,104 3,345,028 4,072,208 5,853,799 6,690,056 8,144,416 11,707,598 13,380,112 23,415,196 26,760,224 46,830,392 93,660,784 and 187,321,568, with no remainder.

Since 187,321,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 187,321,568, 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).