Q: Is 43,324,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,324,032 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 43,324,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 192 257 384 439 514 771 878 1,028 1,317 1,542 1,756 2,056 2,634 3,084 3,512 4,112 5,268 6,168 7,024 8,224 10,536 12,336 14,048 16,448 21,072 24,672 28,096 32,896 42,144 49,344 56,192 84,288 98,688 112,823 168,576 225,646 338,469 451,292 676,938 902,584 1,353,876 1,805,168 2,707,752 3,610,336 5,415,504 7,220,672 10,831,008 14,441,344 21,662,016 and 43,324,032, with no remainder.

Since 43,324,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,324,032, 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).