Q: Is 144,750,474 a Composite Number?

Why is 144,750,474 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 144,750,474 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 19 22 33 38 57 66 99 109 114 171 198 209 218 327 342 353 418 627 654 706 981 1,059 1,199 1,254 1,881 1,962 2,071 2,118 2,398 3,177 3,597 3,762 3,883 4,142 6,213 6,354 6,707 7,194 7,766 10,791 11,649 12,426 13,414 18,639 20,121 21,582 22,781 23,298 34,947 37,278 38,477 40,242 45,562 60,363 68,343 69,894 73,777 76,954 115,431 120,726 136,686 147,554 205,029 221,331 230,862 346,293 410,058 423,247 442,662 663,993 692,586 731,063 846,494 1,269,741 1,327,986 1,462,126 2,193,189 2,539,482 3,809,223 4,386,378 6,579,567 7,618,446 8,041,693 13,159,134 16,083,386 24,125,079 48,250,158 72,375,237 and 144,750,474, with no remainder.

Since 144,750,474 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,750,474, 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).