Q: Is 40,135,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,135,440 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 40,135,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 89 120 178 240 267 356 445 534 712 890 1,068 1,335 1,424 1,780 1,879 2,136 2,670 3,560 3,758 4,272 5,340 5,637 7,120 7,516 9,395 10,680 11,274 15,032 18,790 21,360 22,548 28,185 30,064 37,580 45,096 56,370 75,160 90,192 112,740 150,320 167,231 225,480 334,462 450,960 501,693 668,924 836,155 1,003,386 1,337,848 1,672,310 2,006,772 2,508,465 2,675,696 3,344,620 4,013,544 5,016,930 6,689,240 8,027,088 10,033,860 13,378,480 20,067,720 and 40,135,440, with no remainder.

Since 40,135,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,135,440, 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).