Q: Is 39,966,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 39,966,752 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 39,966,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 71 98 112 142 196 224 284 359 392 497 568 718 784 994 1,136 1,436 1,568 1,988 2,272 2,513 2,872 3,479 3,976 5,026 5,744 6,958 7,952 10,052 11,488 13,916 15,904 17,591 20,104 25,489 27,832 35,182 40,208 50,978 55,664 70,364 80,416 101,956 111,328 140,728 178,423 203,912 281,456 356,846 407,824 562,912 713,692 815,648 1,248,961 1,427,384 2,497,922 2,854,768 4,995,844 5,709,536 9,991,688 19,983,376 and 39,966,752, with no remainder.

Since 39,966,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 39,966,752, 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).