Q: Is 44,171,442 a Composite Number?

Why is 44,171,442 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 44,171,442 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 49 61 63 98 122 126 147 183 294 366 427 441 549 821 854 882 1,098 1,281 1,642 2,463 2,562 2,989 3,843 4,926 5,747 5,978 7,389 7,686 8,967 11,494 14,778 17,241 17,934 26,901 34,482 40,229 50,081 51,723 53,802 80,458 100,162 103,446 120,687 150,243 241,374 300,486 350,567 362,061 450,729 701,134 724,122 901,458 1,051,701 2,103,402 2,453,969 3,155,103 4,907,938 6,310,206 7,361,907 14,723,814 22,085,721 and 44,171,442, with no remainder.

Since 44,171,442 cannot be divided by just 1 and 44,171,442, 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).