Q: Is 63,167,223 a Composite Number?

Why is 63,167,223 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 63,167,223 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 17 21 23 49 51 69 119 147 157 161 343 357 391 471 483 833 1,029 1,099 1,127 1,173 2,499 2,669 2,737 3,297 3,381 3,611 5,831 7,693 7,889 8,007 8,211 10,833 17,493 18,683 19,159 23,079 23,667 25,277 53,851 56,049 57,477 61,387 75,831 130,781 134,113 161,553 176,939 184,161 392,343 402,339 429,709 530,817 915,467 1,238,573 1,289,127 2,746,401 3,007,963 3,715,719 9,023,889 21,055,741 and 63,167,223, with no remainder.

Since 63,167,223 cannot be divided by just 1 and 63,167,223, 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).