Q: Is 43,642,962 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,642,962 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 43,642,962 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 19 22 27 33 38 54 57 66 81 99 114 162 171 198 209 297 342 418 513 594 627 891 1,026 1,254 1,289 1,539 1,782 1,881 2,578 3,078 3,762 3,867 5,643 7,734 11,286 11,601 14,179 16,929 23,202 24,491 28,358 33,858 34,803 42,537 48,982 69,606 73,473 85,074 104,409 127,611 146,946 208,818 220,419 255,222 269,401 382,833 440,838 538,802 661,257 765,666 808,203 1,148,499 1,322,514 1,616,406 1,983,771 2,296,998 2,424,609 3,967,542 4,849,218 7,273,827 14,547,654 21,821,481 and 43,642,962, with no remainder.

Since 43,642,962 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,642,962, 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).