Q: Is 144,230,220 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,230,220 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 144,230,220 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 59 60 81 90 108 118 135 162 177 180 236 243 270 295 324 354 405 486 503 531 540 590 708 810 885 972 1,006 1,062 1,180 1,215 1,509 1,593 1,620 1,770 2,012 2,124 2,430 2,515 2,655 3,018 3,186 3,540 4,527 4,779 4,860 5,030 5,310 6,036 6,372 7,545 7,965 9,054 9,558 10,060 10,620 13,581 14,337 15,090 15,930 18,108 19,116 22,635 23,895 27,162 28,674 29,677 30,180 31,860 40,743 45,270 47,790 54,324 57,348 59,354 67,905 71,685 81,486 89,031 90,540 95,580 118,708 122,229 135,810 143,370 148,385 162,972 178,062 203,715 244,458 267,093 271,620 286,740 296,770 356,124 407,430 445,155 488,916 534,186 593,540 611,145 801,279 814,860 890,310 1,068,372 1,222,290 1,335,465 1,602,558 1,780,620 2,403,837 2,444,580 2,670,930 3,205,116 4,006,395 4,807,674 5,341,860 7,211,511 8,012,790 9,615,348 12,019,185 14,423,022 16,025,580 24,038,370 28,846,044 36,057,555 48,076,740 72,115,110 and 144,230,220, with no remainder.

Since 144,230,220 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,230,220, 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).