Q: Is 43,676,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,676,248 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 43,676,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 49 56 77 88 98 154 196 308 343 392 539 616 686 1,078 1,372 1,447 2,156 2,744 2,894 3,773 4,312 5,788 7,546 10,129 11,576 15,092 15,917 20,258 30,184 31,834 40,516 63,668 70,903 81,032 111,419 127,336 141,806 222,838 283,612 445,676 496,321 567,224 779,933 891,352 992,642 1,559,866 1,985,284 3,119,732 3,970,568 5,459,531 6,239,464 10,919,062 21,838,124 and 43,676,248, with no remainder.

Since 43,676,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,676,248, 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).