Q: Is 143,660,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 143,660,448 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 143,660,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 48 62 72 93 96 124 144 186 248 279 288 372 496 558 744 992 1,116 1,488 2,232 2,976 4,464 8,928 16,091 32,182 48,273 64,364 96,546 128,728 144,819 193,092 257,456 289,638 386,184 498,821 514,912 579,276 772,368 997,642 1,158,552 1,496,463 1,544,736 1,995,284 2,317,104 2,992,926 3,990,568 4,489,389 4,634,208 5,985,852 7,981,136 8,978,778 11,971,704 15,962,272 17,957,556 23,943,408 35,915,112 47,886,816 71,830,224 and 143,660,448, with no remainder.

Since 143,660,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 143,660,448, 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).