Q: Is 244,050,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,050,516 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 244,050,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 23 27 36 38 46 54 57 69 76 92 108 114 138 171 207 228 276 342 414 437 513 621 684 828 874 1,026 1,242 1,311 1,748 2,052 2,484 2,622 3,933 5,171 5,244 7,866 10,342 11,799 15,513 15,732 20,684 23,598 31,026 46,539 47,196 62,052 93,078 98,249 118,933 139,617 186,156 196,498 237,866 279,234 294,747 356,799 392,996 475,732 558,468 589,494 713,598 884,241 1,070,397 1,178,988 1,427,196 1,768,482 2,140,794 2,259,727 2,652,723 3,211,191 3,536,964 4,281,588 4,519,454 5,305,446 6,422,382 6,779,181 9,038,908 10,610,892 12,844,764 13,558,362 20,337,543 27,116,724 40,675,086 61,012,629 81,350,172 122,025,258 and 244,050,516, with no remainder.

Since 244,050,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,050,516, 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).