Q: Is 40,242,900 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,242,900 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 40,242,900 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 25 30 50 53 60 75 100 106 150 159 212 265 300 318 530 636 795 1,060 1,325 1,590 2,531 2,650 3,180 3,975 5,062 5,300 7,593 7,950 10,124 12,655 15,186 15,900 25,310 30,372 37,965 50,620 63,275 75,930 126,550 134,143 151,860 189,825 253,100 268,286 379,650 402,429 536,572 670,715 759,300 804,858 1,341,430 1,609,716 2,012,145 2,682,860 3,353,575 4,024,290 6,707,150 8,048,580 10,060,725 13,414,300 20,121,450 and 40,242,900, with no remainder.

Since 40,242,900 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,242,900, 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).