Q: Is 263,161,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 263,161,216 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 263,161,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 23 32 46 64 71 92 128 142 184 284 368 568 736 1,136 1,259 1,472 1,633 2,272 2,518 2,944 3,266 4,544 5,036 6,532 9,088 10,072 13,064 20,144 26,128 28,957 40,288 52,256 57,914 80,576 89,389 104,512 115,828 161,152 178,778 209,024 231,656 357,556 463,312 715,112 926,624 1,430,224 1,853,248 2,055,947 2,860,448 3,706,496 4,111,894 5,720,896 8,223,788 11,441,792 16,447,576 32,895,152 65,790,304 131,580,608 and 263,161,216, with no remainder.

Since 263,161,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 263,161,216, 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).