Q: Is 143,044,044 a Composite Number?

Why is 143,044,044 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 143,044,044 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 13 22 26 31 33 39 44 52 62 66 78 93 124 132 143 156 186 286 341 372 403 429 572 682 806 858 1,023 1,209 1,364 1,612 1,716 2,046 2,418 2,689 4,092 4,433 4,836 5,378 8,067 8,866 10,756 13,299 16,134 17,732 26,598 29,579 32,268 34,957 53,196 59,158 69,914 83,359 88,737 104,871 118,316 139,828 166,718 177,474 209,742 250,077 333,436 354,948 384,527 419,484 500,154 769,054 916,949 1,000,308 1,083,667 1,153,581 1,538,108 1,833,898 2,167,334 2,307,162 2,750,847 3,251,001 3,667,796 4,334,668 4,614,324 5,501,694 6,502,002 11,003,388 11,920,337 13,004,004 23,840,674 35,761,011 47,681,348 71,522,022 and 143,044,044, with no remainder.

Since 143,044,044 cannot be divided by just 1 and 143,044,044, 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).