Q: Is 43,221,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,221,504 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 43,221,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 64 76 96 114 128 152 192 228 256 304 384 456 512 608 768 912 1,216 1,481 1,536 1,824 2,432 2,962 3,648 4,443 4,864 5,924 7,296 8,886 9,728 11,848 14,592 17,772 23,696 28,139 29,184 35,544 47,392 56,278 71,088 84,417 94,784 112,556 142,176 168,834 189,568 225,112 284,352 337,668 379,136 450,224 568,704 675,336 758,272 900,448 1,137,408 1,350,672 1,800,896 2,274,816 2,701,344 3,601,792 5,402,688 7,203,584 10,805,376 14,407,168 21,610,752 and 43,221,504, with no remainder.

Since 43,221,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,221,504, 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).