Q: Is 43,703,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,703,688 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 43,703,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 196 294 343 392 588 686 1,029 1,176 1,372 2,058 2,744 4,116 5,309 8,232 10,618 15,927 21,236 31,854 37,163 42,472 63,708 74,326 111,489 127,416 148,652 222,978 260,141 297,304 445,956 520,282 780,423 891,912 1,040,564 1,560,846 1,820,987 2,081,128 3,121,692 3,641,974 5,462,961 6,243,384 7,283,948 10,925,922 14,567,896 21,851,844 and 43,703,688, with no remainder.

Since 43,703,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,703,688, 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).