Q: Is 43,718,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,718,688 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 43,718,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 208 234 288 312 416 468 624 936 1,248 1,872 3,744 11,677 23,354 35,031 46,708 70,062 93,416 105,093 140,124 151,801 186,832 210,186 280,248 303,602 373,664 420,372 455,403 560,496 607,204 840,744 910,806 1,120,992 1,214,408 1,366,209 1,681,488 1,821,612 2,428,816 2,732,418 3,362,976 3,643,224 4,857,632 5,464,836 7,286,448 10,929,672 14,572,896 21,859,344 and 43,718,688, with no remainder.

Since 43,718,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,718,688, 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).