Q: Is 144,455,010 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,455,010 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 144,455,010 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 59 70 89 105 118 131 177 178 210 262 267 295 354 393 413 445 534 590 623 655 786 826 885 890 917 1,239 1,246 1,310 1,335 1,770 1,834 1,869 1,965 2,065 2,478 2,670 2,751 3,115 3,738 3,930 4,130 4,585 5,251 5,502 6,195 6,230 7,729 9,170 9,345 10,502 11,659 12,390 13,755 15,458 15,753 18,690 23,187 23,318 26,255 27,510 31,506 34,977 36,757 38,645 46,374 52,510 54,103 58,295 69,954 73,514 77,290 78,765 81,613 108,206 110,271 115,935 116,590 157,530 162,309 163,226 174,885 183,785 220,542 231,870 244,839 270,515 324,618 349,770 367,570 408,065 489,678 541,030 551,355 687,881 811,545 816,130 1,102,710 1,224,195 1,375,762 1,623,090 2,063,643 2,448,390 3,439,405 4,127,286 4,815,167 6,878,810 9,630,334 10,318,215 14,445,501 20,636,430 24,075,835 28,891,002 48,151,670 72,227,505 and 144,455,010, with no remainder.

Since 144,455,010 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,455,010, 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).