Q: Is 40,032,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,032,048 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 40,032,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 283 336 421 566 842 849 1,132 1,263 1,684 1,698 1,981 2,264 2,526 2,947 3,368 3,396 3,962 4,528 5,052 5,894 5,943 6,736 6,792 7,924 8,841 10,104 11,788 11,886 13,584 15,848 17,682 20,208 23,576 23,772 31,696 35,364 47,152 47,544 70,728 95,088 119,143 141,456 238,286 357,429 476,572 714,858 834,001 953,144 1,429,716 1,668,002 1,906,288 2,502,003 2,859,432 3,336,004 5,004,006 5,718,864 6,672,008 10,008,012 13,344,016 20,016,024 and 40,032,048, with no remainder.

Since 40,032,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,032,048, 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).