Q: Is 144,324,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,324,432 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 144,324,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 67 72 84 112 126 134 144 168 201 252 268 336 402 469 504 536 603 804 938 1,008 1,072 1,206 1,407 1,608 1,876 2,137 2,412 2,814 3,216 3,752 4,221 4,274 4,824 5,628 6,411 7,504 8,442 8,548 9,648 11,256 12,822 14,959 16,884 17,096 19,233 22,512 25,644 29,918 33,768 34,192 38,466 44,877 51,288 59,836 67,536 76,932 89,754 102,576 119,672 134,631 143,179 153,864 179,508 239,344 269,262 286,358 307,728 359,016 429,537 538,524 572,716 718,032 859,074 1,002,253 1,077,048 1,145,432 1,288,611 1,718,148 2,004,506 2,154,096 2,290,864 2,577,222 3,006,759 3,436,296 4,009,012 5,154,444 6,013,518 6,872,592 8,018,024 9,020,277 10,308,888 12,027,036 16,036,048 18,040,554 20,617,776 24,054,072 36,081,108 48,108,144 72,162,216 and 144,324,432, with no remainder.

Since 144,324,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,324,432, 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).