Q: Is 144,577,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,577,004 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 144,577,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 13 19 22 26 38 44 52 53 76 106 143 209 212 247 251 286 418 494 502 572 583 689 836 988 1,004 1,007 1,166 1,378 2,014 2,332 2,717 2,756 2,761 3,263 4,028 4,769 5,434 5,522 6,526 7,579 9,538 10,868 11,044 11,077 13,052 13,091 13,303 15,158 19,076 22,154 26,182 26,606 30,316 35,893 44,308 52,364 52,459 53,212 61,997 71,786 104,918 123,994 143,572 144,001 146,333 172,939 209,836 247,988 252,757 288,002 292,666 345,878 505,514 576,004 585,332 681,967 691,756 1,011,028 1,363,934 1,902,329 2,727,868 2,780,327 3,285,841 3,804,658 5,560,654 6,571,682 7,609,316 11,121,308 13,143,364 36,144,251 72,288,502 and 144,577,004, with no remainder.

Since 144,577,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,577,004, 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).