Q: Is 43,420,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,420,140 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 43,420,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 180 463 521 926 1,042 1,389 1,563 1,852 2,084 2,315 2,605 2,778 3,126 4,167 4,630 4,689 5,210 5,556 6,252 6,945 7,815 8,334 9,260 9,378 10,420 13,890 15,630 16,668 18,756 20,835 23,445 27,780 31,260 41,670 46,890 83,340 93,780 241,223 482,446 723,669 964,892 1,206,115 1,447,338 2,171,007 2,412,230 2,894,676 3,618,345 4,342,014 4,824,460 7,236,690 8,684,028 10,855,035 14,473,380 21,710,070 and 43,420,140, with no remainder.

Since 43,420,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,420,140, 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).