Q: Is 28,739,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,739,040 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 28,739,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 32 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 96 110 120 132 160 165 176 220 240 264 330 352 440 480 528 660 880 1,056 1,320 1,760 2,640 5,280 5,443 10,886 16,329 21,772 27,215 32,658 43,544 54,430 59,873 65,316 81,645 87,088 108,860 119,746 130,632 163,290 174,176 179,619 217,720 239,492 261,264 299,365 326,580 359,238 435,440 478,984 522,528 598,730 653,160 718,476 870,880 898,095 957,968 1,197,460 1,306,320 1,436,952 1,796,190 1,915,936 2,394,920 2,612,640 2,873,904 3,592,380 4,789,840 5,747,808 7,184,760 9,579,680 14,369,520 and 28,739,040, with no remainder.

Since 28,739,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,739,040, 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).