Q: Is 40,122,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,122,012 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 40,122,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 67 84 134 201 268 402 469 804 938 1,407 1,876 2,814 5,628 7,129 14,258 21,387 28,516 42,774 49,903 85,548 99,806 149,709 199,612 299,418 477,643 598,836 955,286 1,432,929 1,910,572 2,865,858 3,343,501 5,731,716 6,687,002 10,030,503 13,374,004 20,061,006 and 40,122,012, with no remainder.

Since 40,122,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,122,012, 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).