Q: Is 43,432,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,432,140 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 43,432,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 29 30 58 60 87 109 116 145 174 218 229 290 327 348 435 436 458 545 580 654 687 870 916 1,090 1,145 1,308 1,374 1,635 1,740 2,180 2,290 2,748 3,161 3,270 3,435 4,580 6,322 6,540 6,641 6,870 9,483 12,644 13,282 13,740 15,805 18,966 19,923 24,961 26,564 31,610 33,205 37,932 39,846 47,415 49,922 63,220 66,410 74,883 79,692 94,830 99,615 99,844 124,805 132,820 149,766 189,660 199,230 249,610 299,532 374,415 398,460 499,220 723,869 748,830 1,447,738 1,497,660 2,171,607 2,895,476 3,619,345 4,343,214 7,238,690 8,686,428 10,858,035 14,477,380 21,716,070 and 43,432,140, with no remainder.

Since 43,432,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,432,140, 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).