Q: Is 244,411,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,411,344 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 244,411,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 37 48 54 72 74 81 108 111 144 148 162 216 222 243 296 324 333 432 444 486 592 648 666 888 972 999 1,296 1,332 1,699 1,776 1,944 1,998 2,664 2,997 3,398 3,888 3,996 5,097 5,328 5,994 6,796 7,992 8,991 10,194 11,988 13,592 15,291 15,984 17,982 20,388 23,976 27,184 30,582 35,964 40,776 45,873 47,952 61,164 62,863 71,928 81,552 91,746 122,328 125,726 137,619 143,856 183,492 188,589 244,656 251,452 275,238 366,984 377,178 412,857 502,904 550,476 565,767 733,968 754,356 825,714 1,005,808 1,100,952 1,131,534 1,508,712 1,651,428 1,697,301 2,201,904 2,263,068 3,017,424 3,302,856 3,394,602 4,526,136 5,091,903 6,605,712 6,789,204 9,052,272 10,183,806 13,578,408 15,275,709 20,367,612 27,156,816 30,551,418 40,735,224 61,102,836 81,470,448 122,205,672 and 244,411,344, with no remainder.

Since 244,411,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,411,344, 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).