Q: Is 244,238,652 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,238,652 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 244,238,652 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 113 126 162 189 226 252 324 339 378 452 567 678 756 791 953 1,017 1,134 1,356 1,582 1,906 2,034 2,268 2,373 2,859 3,051 3,164 3,812 4,068 4,746 5,718 6,102 6,671 7,119 8,577 9,153 9,492 11,436 12,204 13,342 14,238 17,154 18,306 20,013 21,357 25,731 26,684 28,476 34,308 36,612 40,026 42,714 51,462 60,039 64,071 77,193 80,052 85,428 102,924 107,689 120,078 128,142 154,386 180,117 215,378 240,156 256,284 308,772 323,067 360,234 430,756 540,351 646,134 720,468 753,823 969,201 1,080,702 1,292,268 1,507,646 1,938,402 2,161,404 2,261,469 2,907,603 3,015,292 3,876,804 4,522,938 5,815,206 6,784,407 8,722,809 9,045,876 11,630,412 13,568,814 17,445,618 20,353,221 27,137,628 34,891,236 40,706,442 61,059,663 81,412,884 122,119,326 and 244,238,652, with no remainder.

Since 244,238,652 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,238,652, 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).