Q: Is 144,344,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,344,772 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 144,344,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 78 99 117 121 132 143 156 198 234 242 286 363 396 429 468 484 572 726 858 1,089 1,287 1,452 1,573 1,716 2,178 2,549 2,574 3,146 4,356 4,719 5,098 5,148 6,292 7,647 9,438 10,196 14,157 15,294 18,876 22,941 28,039 28,314 30,588 33,137 45,882 56,078 56,628 66,274 84,117 91,764 99,411 112,156 132,548 168,234 198,822 252,351 298,233 308,429 336,468 364,507 397,644 504,702 596,466 616,858 729,014 925,287 1,009,404 1,093,521 1,192,932 1,233,716 1,458,028 1,850,574 2,187,042 2,775,861 3,280,563 3,701,148 4,009,577 4,374,084 5,551,722 6,561,126 8,019,154 11,103,444 12,028,731 13,122,252 16,038,308 24,057,462 36,086,193 48,114,924 72,172,386 and 144,344,772, with no remainder.

Since 144,344,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,344,772, 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).