Q: Is 144,358,578 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,358,578 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 144,358,578 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 27 29 39 42 54 58 63 78 87 91 117 126 174 182 189 203 234 261 273 351 377 378 406 522 546 609 702 754 783 819 1,013 1,131 1,218 1,566 1,638 1,827 2,026 2,262 2,457 2,639 3,039 3,393 3,654 4,914 5,278 5,481 6,078 6,786 7,091 7,917 9,117 10,179 10,962 13,169 14,182 15,834 18,234 20,358 21,273 23,751 26,338 27,351 29,377 39,507 42,546 47,502 54,702 58,754 63,819 71,253 79,014 88,131 92,183 118,521 127,638 142,506 176,262 184,366 191,457 205,639 237,042 264,393 276,549 355,563 381,901 382,914 411,278 528,786 553,098 616,917 711,126 763,802 793,179 829,647 1,145,703 1,233,834 1,586,358 1,659,294 1,850,751 2,291,406 2,488,941 2,673,307 3,437,109 3,701,502 4,977,882 5,346,614 5,552,253 6,874,218 8,019,921 10,311,327 11,104,506 16,039,842 20,622,654 24,059,763 48,119,526 72,179,289 and 144,358,578, with no remainder.

Since 144,358,578 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,358,578, 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).