Q: Is 43,230,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,230,432 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 43,230,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 32 42 46 48 56 69 84 92 96 112 138 161 168 184 224 276 322 336 368 483 552 644 672 736 966 1,104 1,288 1,932 2,208 2,576 2,797 3,864 5,152 5,594 7,728 8,391 11,188 15,456 16,782 19,579 22,376 33,564 39,158 44,752 58,737 64,331 67,128 78,316 89,504 117,474 128,662 134,256 156,632 192,993 234,948 257,324 268,512 313,264 385,986 450,317 469,896 514,648 626,528 771,972 900,634 939,792 1,029,296 1,350,951 1,543,944 1,801,268 1,879,584 2,058,592 2,701,902 3,087,888 3,602,536 5,403,804 6,175,776 7,205,072 10,807,608 14,410,144 21,615,216 and 43,230,432, with no remainder.

Since 43,230,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,230,432, 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).