Q: Is 43,431,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,431,040 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 43,431,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 79 80 128 158 160 316 320 395 632 640 790 859 1,264 1,580 1,718 2,528 3,160 3,436 4,295 5,056 6,320 6,872 8,590 10,112 12,640 13,744 17,180 25,280 27,488 34,360 50,560 54,976 67,861 68,720 109,952 135,722 137,440 271,444 274,880 339,305 542,888 549,760 678,610 1,085,776 1,357,220 2,171,552 2,714,440 4,343,104 5,428,880 8,686,208 10,857,760 21,715,520 and 43,431,040, with no remainder.

Since 43,431,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,431,040, 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).