Q: Is 43,407,546 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,407,546 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 43,407,546 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 78 91 107 182 214 273 321 546 642 743 749 1,391 1,486 1,498 2,229 2,247 2,782 4,173 4,458 4,494 5,201 8,346 9,659 9,737 10,402 15,603 19,318 19,474 28,977 29,211 31,206 57,954 58,422 67,613 79,501 135,226 159,002 202,839 238,503 405,678 477,006 556,507 1,033,513 1,113,014 1,669,521 2,067,026 3,100,539 3,339,042 6,201,078 7,234,591 14,469,182 21,703,773 and 43,407,546, with no remainder.

Since 43,407,546 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,407,546, 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).