Q: Is 43,214,310 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,214,310 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 43,214,310 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 31 45 54 62 81 90 93 135 155 162 186 270 279 310 405 465 558 810 837 930 1,395 1,674 1,721 2,511 2,790 3,442 4,185 5,022 5,163 8,370 8,605 10,326 12,555 15,489 17,210 25,110 25,815 30,978 46,467 51,630 53,351 77,445 92,934 106,702 139,401 154,890 160,053 232,335 266,755 278,802 320,106 464,670 480,159 533,510 697,005 800,265 960,318 1,394,010 1,440,477 1,600,530 2,400,795 2,880,954 4,321,431 4,801,590 7,202,385 8,642,862 14,404,770 21,607,155 and 43,214,310, with no remainder.

Since 43,214,310 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,214,310, 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).