Q: Is 43,547,676 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,547,676 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 43,547,676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 29 34 51 58 68 87 102 116 174 204 289 348 433 493 578 866 867 986 1,156 1,299 1,479 1,732 1,734 1,972 2,598 2,958 3,468 5,196 5,916 7,361 8,381 12,557 14,722 16,762 22,083 25,114 25,143 29,444 33,524 37,671 44,166 50,228 50,286 75,342 88,332 100,572 125,137 150,684 213,469 250,274 375,411 426,938 500,548 640,407 750,822 853,876 1,280,814 1,501,644 2,561,628 3,628,973 7,257,946 10,886,919 14,515,892 21,773,838 and 43,547,676, with no remainder.

Since 43,547,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,547,676, 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).