Q: Is 142,143,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 142,143,144 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 142,143,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 83 88 104 132 143 156 166 249 264 286 312 332 429 498 499 572 664 858 913 996 998 1,079 1,144 1,497 1,716 1,826 1,992 1,996 2,158 2,739 2,994 3,237 3,432 3,652 3,992 4,316 5,478 5,489 5,988 6,474 6,487 7,304 8,632 10,956 10,978 11,869 11,976 12,948 12,974 16,467 19,461 21,912 21,956 23,738 25,896 25,948 32,934 35,607 38,922 41,417 43,912 47,476 51,896 65,868 71,214 71,357 77,844 82,834 94,952 124,251 131,736 142,428 142,714 155,688 165,668 214,071 248,502 284,856 285,428 331,336 428,142 455,587 497,004 538,421 570,856 856,284 911,174 994,008 1,076,842 1,366,761 1,615,263 1,712,568 1,822,348 2,153,684 2,733,522 3,230,526 3,644,696 4,307,368 5,467,044 5,922,631 6,461,052 10,934,088 11,845,262 12,922,104 17,767,893 23,690,524 35,535,786 47,381,048 71,071,572 and 142,143,144, with no remainder.

Since 142,143,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,143,144, 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).