Q: Is 244,502,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,502,544 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 244,502,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 176 179 199 208 264 286 312 358 398 429 528 537 572 597 624 716 796 858 1,074 1,144 1,194 1,432 1,592 1,716 1,969 2,148 2,189 2,288 2,327 2,388 2,587 2,864 3,184 3,432 3,938 4,296 4,378 4,654 4,776 5,174 5,907 6,567 6,864 6,981 7,761 7,876 8,592 8,756 9,308 9,552 10,348 11,814 13,134 13,962 15,522 15,752 17,512 18,616 20,696 23,628 25,597 26,268 27,924 28,457 31,044 31,504 35,024 35,621 37,232 41,392 47,256 51,194 52,536 55,848 56,914 62,088 71,242 76,791 85,371 94,512 102,388 105,072 106,863 111,696 113,828 124,176 142,484 153,582 170,742 204,776 213,726 227,656 284,968 307,164 341,484 391,831 409,552 427,452 455,312 463,073 569,936 614,328 682,968 783,662 854,904 926,146 1,175,493 1,228,656 1,365,936 1,389,219 1,567,324 1,709,808 1,852,292 2,350,986 2,778,438 3,134,648 3,704,584 4,701,972 5,093,803 5,556,876 6,269,296 7,409,168 9,403,944 10,187,606 11,113,752 15,281,409 18,807,888 20,375,212 22,227,504 30,562,818 40,750,424 61,125,636 81,500,848 122,251,272 and 244,502,544, with no remainder.

Since 244,502,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,502,544, 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).