Q: Is 244,434,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,434,024 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 244,434,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 153 162 204 216 306 324 408 459 612 648 918 1,224 1,377 1,836 2,754 3,672 5,508 11,016 22,189 44,378 66,567 88,756 133,134 177,512 199,701 266,268 377,213 399,402 532,536 599,103 754,426 798,804 1,131,639 1,198,206 1,508,852 1,597,608 1,797,309 2,263,278 2,396,412 3,017,704 3,394,917 3,594,618 4,526,556 4,792,824 6,789,834 7,189,236 9,053,112 10,184,751 13,579,668 14,378,472 20,369,502 27,159,336 30,554,253 40,739,004 61,108,506 81,478,008 122,217,012 and 244,434,024, with no remainder.

Since 244,434,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,434,024, 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).