Q: Is 144,076,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,076,224 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 144,076,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 37 48 51 64 68 74 96 102 111 136 148 192 204 222 272 296 408 444 544 592 629 816 888 1,088 1,184 1,193 1,258 1,632 1,776 1,887 2,368 2,386 2,516 3,264 3,552 3,579 3,774 4,772 5,032 7,104 7,158 7,548 9,544 10,064 14,316 15,096 19,088 20,128 20,281 28,632 30,192 38,176 40,256 40,562 44,141 57,264 60,384 60,843 76,352 81,124 88,282 114,528 120,768 121,686 132,423 162,248 176,564 229,056 243,372 264,846 324,496 353,128 486,744 529,692 648,992 706,256 750,397 973,488 1,059,384 1,297,984 1,412,512 1,500,794 1,946,976 2,118,768 2,251,191 2,825,024 3,001,588 3,893,952 4,237,536 4,502,382 6,003,176 8,475,072 9,004,764 12,006,352 18,009,528 24,012,704 36,019,056 48,025,408 72,038,112 and 144,076,224, with no remainder.

Since 144,076,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,076,224, 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).