Q: Is 44,424,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 44,424,432 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 44,424,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 19 24 26 36 38 39 48 52 57 72 76 78 104 114 117 144 152 156 171 208 228 234 247 304 312 342 456 468 494 624 684 741 912 936 988 1,249 1,368 1,482 1,872 1,976 2,223 2,498 2,736 2,964 3,747 3,952 4,446 4,996 5,928 7,494 8,892 9,992 11,241 11,856 14,988 16,237 17,784 19,984 22,482 23,731 29,976 32,474 35,568 44,964 47,462 48,711 59,952 64,948 71,193 89,928 94,924 97,422 129,896 142,386 146,133 179,856 189,848 194,844 213,579 259,792 284,772 292,266 308,503 379,696 389,688 427,158 569,544 584,532 617,006 779,376 854,316 925,509 1,139,088 1,169,064 1,234,012 1,708,632 1,851,018 2,338,128 2,468,024 2,776,527 3,417,264 3,702,036 4,936,048 5,553,054 7,404,072 11,106,108 14,808,144 22,212,216 and 44,424,432, with no remainder.

Since 44,424,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 44,424,432, 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).