Q: Is 43,469,316 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,469,316 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 43,469,316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 31 33 36 44 62 66 93 99 124 132 186 198 279 341 372 396 558 682 1,023 1,116 1,364 2,046 3,069 3,541 4,092 6,138 7,082 10,623 12,276 14,164 21,246 31,869 38,951 42,492 63,738 77,902 109,771 116,853 127,476 155,804 219,542 233,706 329,313 350,559 439,084 467,412 658,626 701,118 987,939 1,207,481 1,317,252 1,402,236 1,975,878 2,414,962 3,622,443 3,951,756 4,829,924 7,244,886 10,867,329 14,489,772 21,734,658 and 43,469,316, with no remainder.

Since 43,469,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,469,316, 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).