Q: Is 40,134,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,134,312 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 40,134,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 71 72 108 142 213 216 284 426 568 639 852 1,278 1,704 1,917 2,556 2,617 3,834 5,112 5,234 7,668 7,851 10,468 15,336 15,702 20,936 23,553 31,404 47,106 62,808 70,659 94,212 141,318 185,807 188,424 282,636 371,614 557,421 565,272 743,228 1,114,842 1,486,456 1,672,263 2,229,684 3,344,526 4,459,368 5,016,789 6,689,052 10,033,578 13,378,104 20,067,156 and 40,134,312, with no remainder.

Since 40,134,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,134,312, 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).