Q: Is 138,894,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 138,894,444 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 138,894,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 117 156 234 463 468 641 926 1,282 1,389 1,852 1,923 2,564 2,778 3,846 4,167 5,556 5,769 6,019 7,692 8,333 8,334 11,538 12,038 16,666 16,668 18,057 23,076 24,076 24,999 33,332 36,114 49,998 54,171 72,228 74,997 99,996 108,342 149,994 216,684 296,783 299,988 593,566 890,349 1,187,132 1,780,698 2,671,047 3,561,396 3,858,179 5,342,094 7,716,358 10,684,188 11,574,537 15,432,716 23,149,074 34,723,611 46,298,148 69,447,222 and 138,894,444, with no remainder.

Since 138,894,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,894,444, 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).