Q: Is 43,073,316 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,073,316 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 43,073,316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 27 33 36 39 44 52 54 66 78 99 108 117 132 143 156 198 234 286 297 351 396 429 468 572 594 702 858 1,188 1,287 1,404 1,716 2,574 2,789 3,861 5,148 5,578 7,722 8,367 11,156 15,444 16,734 25,101 30,679 33,468 36,257 50,202 61,358 72,514 75,303 92,037 100,404 108,771 122,716 145,028 150,606 184,074 217,542 276,111 301,212 326,313 368,148 398,827 435,084 552,222 652,626 797,654 828,333 978,939 1,104,444 1,196,481 1,305,252 1,595,308 1,656,666 1,957,878 2,392,962 3,313,332 3,589,443 3,915,756 4,785,924 7,178,886 10,768,329 14,357,772 21,536,658 and 43,073,316, with no remainder.

Since 43,073,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,073,316, 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).