Q: Is 43,332,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,332,240 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 43,332,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 105 112 120 140 168 210 240 280 336 420 560 840 1,680 25,793 51,586 77,379 103,172 128,965 154,758 180,551 206,344 257,930 309,516 361,102 386,895 412,688 515,860 541,653 619,032 722,204 773,790 902,755 1,031,720 1,083,306 1,238,064 1,444,408 1,547,580 1,805,510 2,063,440 2,166,612 2,708,265 2,888,816 3,095,160 3,611,020 4,333,224 5,416,530 6,190,320 7,222,040 8,666,448 10,833,060 14,444,080 21,666,120 and 43,332,240, with no remainder.

Since 43,332,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,332,240, 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).