Q: Is 144,502,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,502,560 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 144,502,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 23 24 30 32 36 40 45 46 48 60 69 72 80 90 92 96 115 120 138 144 160 180 184 207 230 240 276 288 345 360 368 414 460 480 552 690 720 736 828 920 1,035 1,104 1,380 1,440 1,656 1,840 2,070 2,208 2,760 3,312 3,680 4,140 4,363 5,520 6,624 8,280 8,726 11,040 13,089 16,560 17,452 21,815 26,178 33,120 34,904 39,267 43,630 52,356 65,445 69,808 78,534 87,260 100,349 104,712 130,890 139,616 157,068 174,520 196,335 200,698 209,424 261,780 301,047 314,136 349,040 392,670 401,396 418,848 501,745 523,560 602,094 628,272 698,080 785,340 802,792 903,141 1,003,490 1,047,120 1,204,188 1,256,544 1,505,235 1,570,680 1,605,584 1,806,282 2,006,980 2,094,240 2,408,376 3,010,470 3,141,360 3,211,168 3,612,564 4,013,960 4,515,705 4,816,752 6,020,940 6,282,720 7,225,128 8,027,920 9,031,410 9,633,504 12,041,880 14,450,256 16,055,840 18,062,820 24,083,760 28,900,512 36,125,640 48,167,520 72,251,280 and 144,502,560, with no remainder.

Since 144,502,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,502,560, 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).