Q: Is 40,212,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,212,224 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 40,212,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 32 43 52 64 86 104 128 172 208 256 281 344 416 559 562 688 832 1,118 1,124 1,376 1,664 2,236 2,248 2,752 3,328 3,653 4,472 4,496 5,504 7,306 8,944 8,992 11,008 12,083 14,612 17,888 17,984 24,166 29,224 35,776 35,968 48,332 58,448 71,552 71,936 96,664 116,896 143,104 157,079 193,328 233,792 314,158 386,656 467,584 628,316 773,312 935,168 1,256,632 1,546,624 2,513,264 3,093,248 5,026,528 10,053,056 20,106,112 and 40,212,224, with no remainder.

Since 40,212,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,212,224, 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).