Q: Is 40,206,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,206,264 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 40,206,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 179 191 196 294 358 382 392 537 573 588 716 764 1,074 1,146 1,176 1,253 1,337 1,432 1,528 2,148 2,292 2,506 2,674 3,759 4,011 4,296 4,584 5,012 5,348 7,518 8,022 8,771 9,359 10,024 10,696 15,036 16,044 17,542 18,718 26,313 28,077 30,072 32,088 34,189 35,084 37,436 52,626 56,154 68,378 70,168 74,872 102,567 105,252 112,308 136,756 205,134 210,504 224,616 239,323 273,512 410,268 478,646 717,969 820,536 957,292 1,435,938 1,675,261 1,914,584 2,871,876 3,350,522 5,025,783 5,743,752 6,701,044 10,051,566 13,402,088 20,103,132 and 40,206,264, with no remainder.

Since 40,206,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,206,264, 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).