Q: Is 244,480,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,480,152 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 244,480,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 83 84 89 166 168 178 197 249 267 332 356 394 498 534 581 591 623 664 712 788 996 1,068 1,162 1,182 1,246 1,379 1,576 1,743 1,869 1,992 2,136 2,324 2,364 2,492 2,758 3,486 3,738 4,137 4,648 4,728 4,984 5,516 6,972 7,387 7,476 8,274 11,032 13,944 14,774 14,952 16,351 16,548 17,533 22,161 29,548 32,702 33,096 35,066 44,322 49,053 51,709 52,599 59,096 65,404 70,132 88,644 98,106 103,418 105,198 114,457 122,731 130,808 140,264 155,127 177,288 196,212 206,836 210,396 228,914 245,462 310,254 343,371 368,193 392,424 413,672 420,792 457,828 490,924 620,508 686,742 736,386 915,656 981,848 1,241,016 1,373,484 1,455,239 1,472,772 2,746,968 2,910,478 2,945,544 4,365,717 5,820,956 8,731,434 10,186,673 11,641,912 17,462,868 20,373,346 30,560,019 34,925,736 40,746,692 61,120,038 81,493,384 122,240,076 and 244,480,152, with no remainder.

Since 244,480,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,480,152, 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).