Q: Is 43,212,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,212,120 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 43,212,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 49 56 60 70 84 98 105 120 140 147 168 196 210 245 280 294 392 420 490 588 735 840 980 1,176 1,470 1,960 2,940 5,880 7,349 14,698 22,047 29,396 36,745 44,094 51,443 58,792 73,490 88,188 102,886 110,235 146,980 154,329 176,376 205,772 220,470 257,215 293,960 308,658 360,101 411,544 440,940 514,430 617,316 720,202 771,645 881,880 1,028,860 1,080,303 1,234,632 1,440,404 1,543,290 1,800,505 2,057,720 2,160,606 2,880,808 3,086,580 3,601,010 4,321,212 5,401,515 6,173,160 7,202,020 8,642,424 10,803,030 14,404,040 21,606,060 and 43,212,120, with no remainder.

Since 43,212,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,212,120, 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).