Q: Is 43,852,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 43,852,424 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 43,852,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 77 88 154 257 277 308 514 554 616 1,028 1,108 1,799 1,939 2,056 2,216 2,827 3,047 3,598 3,878 5,654 6,094 7,196 7,756 11,308 12,188 14,392 15,512 19,789 21,329 22,616 24,376 39,578 42,658 71,189 79,156 85,316 142,378 158,312 170,632 284,756 498,323 569,512 783,079 996,646 1,566,158 1,993,292 3,132,316 3,986,584 5,481,553 6,264,632 10,963,106 21,926,212 and 43,852,424, with no remainder.

Since 43,852,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,852,424, 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).