Q: Is 40,057,524 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,057,524 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 40,057,524 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 103 108 117 156 206 234 277 309 351 412 468 554 618 702 831 927 1,108 1,236 1,339 1,404 1,662 1,854 2,493 2,678 2,781 3,324 3,601 3,708 4,017 4,986 5,356 5,562 7,202 7,479 8,034 9,972 10,803 11,124 12,051 14,404 14,958 16,068 21,606 24,102 28,531 29,916 32,409 36,153 43,212 48,204 57,062 64,818 72,306 85,593 97,227 114,124 129,636 144,612 171,186 194,454 256,779 342,372 370,903 388,908 513,558 741,806 770,337 1,027,116 1,112,709 1,483,612 1,540,674 2,225,418 3,081,348 3,338,127 4,450,836 6,676,254 10,014,381 13,352,508 20,028,762 and 40,057,524, with no remainder.

Since 40,057,524 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,057,524, 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).