Q: Is 43,640,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,640,016 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 43,640,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 42 46 48 56 69 84 92 112 138 161 168 184 276 322 336 368 483 552 644 966 1,104 1,288 1,932 2,576 3,864 5,647 7,728 11,294 16,941 22,588 33,882 39,529 45,176 67,764 79,058 90,352 118,587 129,881 135,528 158,116 237,174 259,762 271,056 316,232 389,643 474,348 519,524 632,464 779,286 909,167 948,696 1,039,048 1,558,572 1,818,334 1,897,392 2,078,096 2,727,501 3,117,144 3,636,668 5,455,002 6,234,288 7,273,336 10,910,004 14,546,672 21,820,008 and 43,640,016, with no remainder.

Since 43,640,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,640,016, 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).