Q: Is 40,214,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,214,640 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 40,214,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 760 912 1,140 1,520 2,280 4,560 8,819 17,638 26,457 35,276 44,095 52,914 70,552 88,190 105,828 132,285 141,104 167,561 176,380 211,656 264,570 335,122 352,760 423,312 502,683 529,140 670,244 705,520 837,805 1,005,366 1,058,280 1,340,488 1,675,610 2,010,732 2,116,560 2,513,415 2,680,976 3,351,220 4,021,464 5,026,830 6,702,440 8,042,928 10,053,660 13,404,880 20,107,320 and 40,214,640, with no remainder.

Since 40,214,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,214,640, 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).