Q: Is 144,018,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,018,108 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 144,018,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 67 78 108 117 134 156 201 234 268 351 402 468 603 702 804 871 1,206 1,404 1,531 1,742 1,809 2,412 2,613 3,062 3,484 3,618 4,593 5,226 6,124 7,236 7,839 9,186 10,452 13,779 15,678 18,372 19,903 23,517 27,558 31,356 39,806 41,337 47,034 55,116 59,709 79,612 82,674 94,068 102,577 119,418 165,348 179,127 205,154 238,836 307,731 358,254 410,308 537,381 615,462 716,508 923,193 1,074,762 1,230,924 1,333,501 1,846,386 2,149,524 2,667,002 2,769,579 3,692,772 4,000,503 5,334,004 5,539,158 8,001,006 11,078,316 12,001,509 16,002,012 24,003,018 36,004,527 48,006,036 72,009,054 and 144,018,108, with no remainder.

Since 144,018,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,018,108, 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).