Q: Is 43,161,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,161,744 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 43,161,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 48 58 87 101 116 174 202 232 303 307 348 404 464 606 614 696 808 921 1,212 1,228 1,392 1,616 1,842 2,424 2,456 2,929 3,684 4,848 4,912 5,858 7,368 8,787 8,903 11,716 14,736 17,574 17,806 23,432 26,709 31,007 35,148 35,612 46,864 53,418 62,014 70,296 71,224 93,021 106,836 124,028 140,592 142,448 186,042 213,672 248,056 372,084 427,344 496,112 744,168 899,203 1,488,336 1,798,406 2,697,609 3,596,812 5,395,218 7,193,624 10,790,436 14,387,248 21,580,872 and 43,161,744, with no remainder.

Since 43,161,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,161,744, 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).