Q: Is 40,041,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,041,420 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 40,041,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 41 60 82 123 164 205 246 397 410 492 615 794 820 1,191 1,230 1,588 1,681 1,985 2,382 2,460 3,362 3,970 4,764 5,043 5,955 6,724 7,940 8,405 10,086 11,910 16,277 16,810 20,172 23,820 25,215 32,554 33,620 48,831 50,430 65,108 81,385 97,662 100,860 162,770 195,324 244,155 325,540 488,310 667,357 976,620 1,334,714 2,002,071 2,669,428 3,336,785 4,004,142 6,673,570 8,008,284 10,010,355 13,347,140 20,020,710 and 40,041,420, with no remainder.

Since 40,041,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,041,420, 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).