Q: Is 43,167,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,167,460 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 43,167,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 70 140 503 613 1,006 1,226 2,012 2,452 2,515 3,065 3,521 4,291 5,030 6,130 7,042 8,582 10,060 12,260 14,084 17,164 17,605 21,455 35,210 42,910 70,420 85,820 308,339 616,678 1,233,356 1,541,695 2,158,373 3,083,390 4,316,746 6,166,780 8,633,492 10,791,865 21,583,730 and 43,167,460, with no remainder.

Since 43,167,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,167,460, 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).