Q: Is 40,036,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,036,704 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 40,036,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 32 48 58 73 87 96 116 146 174 197 219 232 292 348 394 438 464 584 591 696 788 876 928 1,168 1,182 1,392 1,576 1,752 2,117 2,336 2,364 2,784 3,152 3,504 4,234 4,728 5,713 6,304 6,351 7,008 8,468 9,456 11,426 12,702 14,381 16,936 17,139 18,912 22,852 25,404 28,762 33,872 34,278 43,143 45,704 50,808 57,524 67,744 68,556 86,286 91,408 101,616 115,048 137,112 172,572 182,816 203,232 230,096 274,224 345,144 417,049 460,192 548,448 690,288 834,098 1,251,147 1,380,576 1,668,196 2,502,294 3,336,392 5,004,588 6,672,784 10,009,176 13,345,568 20,018,352 and 40,036,704, with no remainder.

Since 40,036,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,036,704, 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).