Q: Is 28,949,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,949,540 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 28,949,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 19 20 29 37 38 58 71 74 76 95 116 142 145 148 185 190 284 290 355 370 380 551 580 703 710 740 1,073 1,102 1,349 1,406 1,420 2,059 2,146 2,204 2,627 2,698 2,755 2,812 3,515 4,118 4,292 5,254 5,365 5,396 5,510 6,745 7,030 8,236 10,295 10,508 10,730 11,020 13,135 13,490 14,060 20,387 20,590 21,460 26,270 26,980 39,121 40,774 41,180 49,913 52,540 76,183 78,242 81,548 99,826 101,935 152,366 156,484 195,605 199,652 203,870 249,565 304,732 380,915 391,210 407,740 499,130 761,830 782,420 998,260 1,447,477 1,523,660 2,894,954 5,789,908 7,237,385 14,474,770 and 28,949,540, with no remainder.

Since 28,949,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,949,540, 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).