Q: Is 40,004,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,004,520 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 40,004,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 41 47 60 82 94 120 123 141 164 173 188 205 235 246 282 328 346 376 410 470 492 519 564 615 692 705 820 865 940 984 1,038 1,128 1,230 1,384 1,410 1,640 1,730 1,880 1,927 2,076 2,460 2,595 2,820 3,460 3,854 4,152 4,920 5,190 5,640 5,781 6,920 7,093 7,708 8,131 9,635 10,380 11,562 14,186 15,416 16,262 19,270 20,760 21,279 23,124 24,393 28,372 28,905 32,524 35,465 38,540 40,655 42,558 46,248 48,786 56,744 57,810 65,048 70,930 77,080 81,310 85,116 97,572 106,395 115,620 121,965 141,860 162,620 170,232 195,144 212,790 231,240 243,930 283,720 325,240 333,371 425,580 487,860 666,742 851,160 975,720 1,000,113 1,333,484 1,666,855 2,000,226 2,666,968 3,333,710 4,000,452 5,000,565 6,667,420 8,000,904 10,001,130 13,334,840 20,002,260 and 40,004,520, with no remainder.

Since 40,004,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,004,520, 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).