Q: Is 43,243,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,243,536 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 43,243,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 179 336 358 537 716 719 1,074 1,253 1,432 1,438 2,148 2,157 2,506 2,864 2,876 3,759 4,296 4,314 5,012 5,033 5,752 7,518 8,592 8,628 10,024 10,066 11,504 15,036 15,099 17,256 20,048 20,132 30,072 30,198 34,512 40,264 60,144 60,396 80,528 120,792 128,701 241,584 257,402 386,103 514,804 772,206 900,907 1,029,608 1,544,412 1,801,814 2,059,216 2,702,721 3,088,824 3,603,628 5,405,442 6,177,648 7,207,256 10,810,884 14,414,512 21,621,768 and 43,243,536, with no remainder.

Since 43,243,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,243,536, 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).