Q: Is 43,671,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,671,552 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 43,671,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 192 256 384 512 768 1,024 1,536 1,777 2,048 3,072 3,554 4,096 5,331 6,144 7,108 8,192 10,662 12,288 14,216 21,324 24,576 28,432 42,648 56,864 85,296 113,728 170,592 227,456 341,184 454,912 682,368 909,824 1,364,736 1,819,648 2,729,472 3,639,296 5,458,944 7,278,592 10,917,888 14,557,184 21,835,776 and 43,671,552, with no remainder.

Since 43,671,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,671,552, 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).