Q: Is 43,473,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,473,144 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 43,473,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 53 66 78 88 104 106 132 143 156 159 212 239 264 286 312 318 424 429 478 572 583 636 689 717 858 956 1,144 1,166 1,272 1,378 1,434 1,716 1,749 1,912 2,067 2,332 2,629 2,756 2,868 3,107 3,432 3,498 4,134 4,664 5,258 5,512 5,736 6,214 6,996 7,579 7,887 8,268 9,321 10,516 12,428 12,667 13,992 15,158 15,774 16,536 18,642 21,032 22,737 24,856 25,334 30,316 31,548 34,177 37,284 38,001 45,474 50,668 60,632 63,096 68,354 74,568 76,002 90,948 101,336 102,531 136,708 139,337 152,004 164,671 181,896 205,062 273,416 278,674 304,008 329,342 410,124 418,011 494,013 557,348 658,684 820,248 836,022 988,026 1,114,696 1,317,368 1,672,044 1,811,381 1,976,052 3,344,088 3,622,762 3,952,104 5,434,143 7,245,524 10,868,286 14,491,048 21,736,572 and 43,473,144, with no remainder.

Since 43,473,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,473,144, 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).