Q: Is 43,124,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,124,312 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 43,124,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 49 56 73 77 88 98 137 146 154 196 274 292 308 392 511 539 548 584 616 803 959 1,022 1,078 1,096 1,507 1,606 1,918 2,044 2,156 3,014 3,212 3,577 3,836 4,088 4,312 5,621 6,028 6,424 6,713 7,154 7,672 10,001 10,549 11,242 12,056 13,426 14,308 20,002 21,098 22,484 26,852 28,616 39,347 40,004 42,196 44,968 53,704 70,007 73,843 78,694 80,008 84,392 110,011 140,014 147,686 157,388 220,022 280,028 295,372 314,776 440,044 490,049 560,056 590,744 770,077 880,088 980,098 1,540,154 1,960,196 3,080,308 3,920,392 5,390,539 6,160,616 10,781,078 21,562,156 and 43,124,312, with no remainder.

Since 43,124,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,124,312, 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).