Q: Is 444,402,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 444,402,024 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 444,402,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 121 132 199 242 264 363 398 484 597 726 769 796 968 1,194 1,452 1,538 1,592 2,189 2,307 2,388 2,904 3,076 4,378 4,614 4,776 6,152 6,567 8,459 8,756 9,228 13,134 16,918 17,512 18,456 24,079 25,377 26,268 33,836 48,158 50,754 52,536 67,672 72,237 93,049 96,316 101,508 144,474 153,031 186,098 192,632 203,016 279,147 288,948 306,062 372,196 459,093 558,294 577,896 612,124 744,392 918,186 1,116,588 1,224,248 1,683,341 1,836,372 2,233,176 3,366,682 3,672,744 5,050,023 6,733,364 10,100,046 13,466,728 18,516,751 20,200,092 37,033,502 40,400,184 55,550,253 74,067,004 111,100,506 148,134,008 222,201,012 and 444,402,024, with no remainder.

Since 444,402,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 444,402,024, 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).