Q: Is 43,216,173 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,216,173 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 43,216,173 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 13 21 27 33 39 41 63 77 81 91 99 117 123 143 169 189 231 273 287 297 351 369 429 451 507 533 567 693 819 861 891 1,001 1,053 1,107 1,183 1,287 1,353 1,521 1,599 1,859 2,079 2,457 2,583 3,003 3,157 3,321 3,549 3,731 3,861 4,059 4,563 4,797 5,577 5,863 6,237 6,929 7,371 7,749 9,009 9,471 10,647 11,193 11,583 12,177 13,013 13,689 14,391 16,731 17,589 20,787 23,247 27,027 28,413 31,941 33,579 36,531 39,039 41,041 43,173 48,503 50,193 52,767 62,361 76,219 81,081 85,239 95,823 100,737 117,117 123,123 145,509 150,579 158,301 187,083 228,657 255,717 302,211 351,351 369,369 436,527 474,903 533,533 561,249 685,971 1,054,053 1,108,107 1,309,581 1,600,599 2,057,913 3,324,321 3,928,743 4,801,797 6,173,739 14,405,391 and 43,216,173, with no remainder.

Since 43,216,173 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,216,173, 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).