Q: Is 43,332,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,332,432 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 43,332,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 59 66 78 88 104 107 118 132 143 156 176 177 208 214 236 264 286 312 321 354 428 429 472 528 572 624 642 649 708 767 856 858 944 1,144 1,177 1,284 1,298 1,391 1,416 1,534 1,712 1,716 1,947 2,288 2,301 2,354 2,568 2,596 2,782 2,832 3,068 3,432 3,531 3,894 4,173 4,602 4,708 5,136 5,192 5,564 6,136 6,313 6,864 7,062 7,788 8,346 8,437 9,204 9,416 10,384 11,128 12,272 12,626 14,124 15,301 15,576 16,692 16,874 18,408 18,832 18,939 22,256 25,252 25,311 28,248 30,602 31,152 33,384 33,748 36,816 37,878 45,903 50,504 50,622 56,496 61,204 66,768 67,496 69,443 75,756 82,069 91,806 101,008 101,244 122,408 134,992 138,886 151,512 164,138 183,612 202,488 208,329 244,816 246,207 277,772 303,024 328,276 367,224 404,976 416,658 492,414 555,544 656,552 734,448 833,316 902,759 984,828 1,111,088 1,313,104 1,666,632 1,805,518 1,969,656 2,708,277 3,333,264 3,611,036 3,939,312 5,416,554 7,222,072 10,833,108 14,444,144 21,666,216 and 43,332,432, with no remainder.

Since 43,332,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,332,432, 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).