Q: Is 40,226,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,226,328 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 40,226,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 43 54 61 71 72 86 108 122 129 142 172 183 213 216 244 258 284 344 366 387 426 488 516 549 568 639 732 774 852 1,032 1,098 1,161 1,278 1,464 1,548 1,647 1,704 1,917 2,196 2,322 2,556 2,623 3,053 3,096 3,294 3,834 4,331 4,392 4,644 5,112 5,246 6,106 6,588 7,668 7,869 8,662 9,159 9,288 10,492 12,212 12,993 13,176 15,336 15,738 17,324 18,318 20,984 23,607 24,424 25,986 27,477 31,476 34,648 36,636 38,979 47,214 51,972 54,954 62,952 70,821 73,272 77,958 82,431 94,428 103,944 109,908 116,937 141,642 155,916 164,862 186,233 188,856 219,816 233,874 283,284 311,832 329,724 372,466 467,748 558,699 566,568 659,448 744,932 935,496 1,117,398 1,489,864 1,676,097 2,234,796 3,352,194 4,469,592 5,028,291 6,704,388 10,056,582 13,408,776 20,113,164 and 40,226,328, with no remainder.

Since 40,226,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,226,328, 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).