Q: Is 40,124,535 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,124,535 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 40,124,535 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 11 15 23 33 55 69 97 109 115 165 253 291 327 345 485 545 759 1,067 1,199 1,265 1,455 1,635 2,231 2,507 3,201 3,597 3,795 5,335 5,995 6,693 7,521 10,573 11,155 12,535 16,005 17,985 24,541 27,577 31,719 33,465 37,605 52,865 73,623 82,731 116,303 122,705 137,885 158,595 243,179 348,909 368,115 413,655 581,515 729,537 1,215,895 1,744,545 2,674,969 3,647,685 8,024,907 13,374,845 and 40,124,535, with no remainder.

Since 40,124,535 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,124,535, 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).