Q: Is 43,274,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,274,460 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 43,274,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 37 60 74 101 111 148 185 193 202 222 303 370 386 404 444 505 555 579 606 740 772 965 1,010 1,110 1,158 1,212 1,515 1,930 2,020 2,220 2,316 2,895 3,030 3,737 3,860 5,790 6,060 7,141 7,474 11,211 11,580 14,282 14,948 18,685 19,493 21,423 22,422 28,564 35,705 37,370 38,986 42,846 44,844 56,055 58,479 71,410 74,740 77,972 85,692 97,465 107,115 112,110 116,958 142,820 194,930 214,230 224,220 233,916 292,395 389,860 428,460 584,790 721,241 1,169,580 1,442,482 2,163,723 2,884,964 3,606,205 4,327,446 7,212,410 8,654,892 10,818,615 14,424,820 21,637,230 and 43,274,460, with no remainder.

Since 43,274,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,274,460, 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).