Q: Is 43,374,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,374,840 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 43,374,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 181 362 543 724 905 1,086 1,448 1,810 1,997 2,172 2,715 3,620 3,994 4,344 5,430 5,991 7,240 7,988 9,985 10,860 11,982 15,976 19,970 21,720 23,964 29,955 39,940 47,928 59,910 79,880 119,820 239,640 361,457 722,914 1,084,371 1,445,828 1,807,285 2,168,742 2,891,656 3,614,570 4,337,484 5,421,855 7,229,140 8,674,968 10,843,710 14,458,280 21,687,420 and 43,374,840, with no remainder.

Since 43,374,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,374,840, 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).