Q: Is 144,375,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,375,462 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 144,375,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 23 33 42 46 49 63 66 69 77 98 99 126 138 147 154 161 198 207 231 253 294 322 414 441 462 483 506 539 647 693 759 882 966 1,078 1,127 1,294 1,386 1,449 1,518 1,617 1,771 1,941 2,254 2,277 2,898 3,234 3,381 3,542 3,882 4,529 4,554 4,851 5,313 5,823 6,762 7,117 9,058 9,702 10,143 10,626 11,646 12,397 13,587 14,234 14,881 15,939 20,286 21,351 24,794 27,174 29,762 31,703 31,878 37,191 40,761 42,702 44,643 49,819 63,406 64,053 74,382 81,522 89,286 95,109 99,638 104,167 111,573 128,106 133,929 149,457 163,691 190,218 208,334 223,146 267,858 285,327 298,914 312,501 327,382 348,733 448,371 491,073 570,654 625,002 697,466 729,169 896,742 937,503 982,146 1,046,199 1,145,837 1,458,338 1,473,219 1,875,006 2,092,398 2,187,507 2,291,674 2,946,438 3,138,597 3,437,511 4,375,014 6,277,194 6,562,521 6,875,022 8,020,859 10,312,533 13,125,042 16,041,718 20,625,066 24,062,577 48,125,154 72,187,731 and 144,375,462, with no remainder.

Since 144,375,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,375,462, 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).