Q: Is 244,000,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,000,224 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 244,000,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 208 234 288 312 416 468 624 936 1,248 1,872 3,744 65,171 130,342 195,513 260,684 391,026 521,368 586,539 782,052 847,223 1,042,736 1,173,078 1,564,104 1,694,446 2,085,472 2,346,156 2,541,669 3,128,208 3,388,892 4,692,312 5,083,338 6,256,416 6,777,784 7,625,007 9,384,624 10,166,676 13,555,568 15,250,014 18,769,248 20,333,352 27,111,136 30,500,028 40,666,704 61,000,056 81,333,408 122,000,112 and 244,000,224, with no remainder.

Since 244,000,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,000,224, 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).