Q: Is 40,212,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,212,864 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 40,212,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 67 72 96 128 134 144 192 201 268 288 384 402 521 536 576 603 804 1,042 1,072 1,152 1,206 1,563 1,608 2,084 2,144 2,412 3,126 3,216 4,168 4,288 4,689 4,824 6,252 6,432 8,336 8,576 9,378 9,648 12,504 12,864 16,672 18,756 19,296 25,008 25,728 33,344 34,907 37,512 38,592 50,016 66,688 69,814 75,024 77,184 100,032 104,721 139,628 150,048 200,064 209,442 279,256 300,096 314,163 418,884 558,512 600,192 628,326 837,768 1,117,024 1,256,652 1,675,536 2,234,048 2,513,304 3,351,072 4,468,096 5,026,608 6,702,144 10,053,216 13,404,288 20,106,432 and 40,212,864, with no remainder.

Since 40,212,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,212,864, 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).