Q: Is 142,552,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 142,552,344 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 142,552,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 17 22 23 24 33 34 44 46 51 66 68 69 88 92 102 132 136 138 184 187 204 253 264 276 374 391 408 506 552 561 748 759 782 1,012 1,122 1,173 1,381 1,496 1,518 1,564 2,024 2,244 2,346 2,762 3,036 3,128 4,143 4,301 4,488 4,692 5,524 6,072 8,286 8,602 9,384 11,048 12,903 15,191 16,572 17,204 23,477 25,806 30,382 31,763 33,144 34,408 45,573 46,954 51,612 60,764 63,526 70,431 91,146 93,908 95,289 103,224 121,528 127,052 140,862 182,292 187,816 190,578 254,104 258,247 281,724 349,393 364,584 381,156 516,494 539,971 563,448 698,786 762,312 774,741 1,032,988 1,048,179 1,079,942 1,397,572 1,549,482 1,619,913 2,065,976 2,096,358 2,159,884 2,795,144 3,098,964 3,239,826 4,192,716 4,319,768 5,939,681 6,197,928 6,479,652 8,385,432 11,879,362 12,959,304 17,819,043 23,758,724 35,638,086 47,517,448 71,276,172 and 142,552,344, with no remainder.

Since 142,552,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,552,344, 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).