Q: Is 244,624,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 244,624,016 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 244,624,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 17 26 28 34 52 56 68 91 104 112 119 136 182 208 221 238 272 364 442 476 728 884 952 1,456 1,547 1,768 1,904 3,094 3,536 6,188 9,883 12,376 19,766 24,752 39,532 69,181 79,064 128,479 138,362 158,128 168,011 256,958 276,724 336,022 513,916 553,448 672,044 899,353 1,027,832 1,106,896 1,176,077 1,344,088 1,798,706 2,055,664 2,184,143 2,352,154 2,688,176 3,597,412 4,368,286 4,704,308 7,194,824 8,736,572 9,408,616 14,389,648 15,289,001 17,473,144 18,817,232 30,578,002 34,946,288 61,156,004 122,312,008 and 244,624,016, with no remainder.

Since 244,624,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 244,624,016, 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).