Q: Is 40,115,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,115,560 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 40,115,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 43 83 86 166 172 215 281 332 344 415 430 562 664 830 860 1,124 1,405 1,660 1,720 2,248 2,810 3,320 3,569 5,620 7,138 11,240 12,083 14,276 17,845 23,323 24,166 28,552 35,690 46,646 48,332 60,415 71,380 93,292 96,664 116,615 120,830 142,760 186,584 233,230 241,660 466,460 483,320 932,920 1,002,889 2,005,778 4,011,556 5,014,445 8,023,112 10,028,890 20,057,780 and 40,115,560, with no remainder.

Since 40,115,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,115,560, 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).