Q: Is 97,990,163 a Composite Number?

Why is 97,990,163 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 97,990,163 can be evenly divided by 1 19 31 43 53 73 589 817 1,007 1,333 1,387 1,643 2,263 2,279 3,139 3,869 25,327 31,217 42,997 43,301 59,641 70,649 73,511 97,309 119,939 166,367 1,342,331 1,848,871 2,278,841 3,160,973 5,157,377 and 97,990,163, with no remainder.

Since 97,990,163 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,990,163, 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).