Q: Is 43,857,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,857,008 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 43,857,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 17 26 34 52 68 79 104 136 157 158 208 221 272 314 316 442 628 632 884 1,027 1,256 1,264 1,343 1,768 2,041 2,054 2,512 2,669 2,686 3,536 4,082 4,108 5,338 5,372 8,164 8,216 10,676 10,744 12,403 16,328 16,432 17,459 21,352 21,488 24,806 32,656 34,697 34,918 42,704 49,612 69,394 69,836 99,224 138,788 139,672 161,239 198,448 210,851 277,576 279,344 322,478 421,702 555,152 644,956 843,404 1,289,912 1,686,808 2,579,824 2,741,063 3,373,616 5,482,126 10,964,252 21,928,504 and 43,857,008, with no remainder.

Since 43,857,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,857,008, 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).