Q: Is 44,037,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 44,037,744 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 44,037,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 76 109 114 152 218 228 304 327 436 443 456 654 872 886 912 1,308 1,329 1,744 1,772 2,071 2,616 2,658 3,544 4,142 5,232 5,316 6,213 7,088 8,284 8,417 10,632 12,426 16,568 16,834 21,264 24,852 25,251 33,136 33,668 48,287 49,704 50,502 67,336 96,574 99,408 101,004 134,672 144,861 193,148 202,008 289,722 386,296 404,016 579,444 772,592 917,453 1,158,888 1,834,906 2,317,776 2,752,359 3,669,812 5,504,718 7,339,624 11,009,436 14,679,248 22,018,872 and 44,037,744, with no remainder.

Since 44,037,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 44,037,744, 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).