Q: Is 40,242,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,242,960 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 40,242,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 31 36 40 45 48 54 60 62 72 80 90 93 108 120 124 135 144 155 180 186 216 240 248 270 279 310 360 372 432 465 496 540 558 601 620 720 744 837 930 1,080 1,116 1,202 1,240 1,395 1,488 1,674 1,803 1,860 2,160 2,232 2,404 2,480 2,790 3,005 3,348 3,606 3,720 4,185 4,464 4,808 5,409 5,580 6,010 6,696 7,212 7,440 8,370 9,015 9,616 10,818 11,160 12,020 13,392 14,424 16,227 16,740 18,030 18,631 21,636 22,320 24,040 27,045 28,848 32,454 33,480 36,060 37,262 43,272 48,080 54,090 55,893 64,908 66,960 72,120 74,524 81,135 86,544 93,155 108,180 111,786 129,816 144,240 149,048 162,270 167,679 186,310 216,360 223,572 259,632 279,465 298,096 324,540 335,358 372,620 432,720 447,144 503,037 558,930 649,080 670,716 745,240 838,395 894,288 1,006,074 1,117,860 1,298,160 1,341,432 1,490,480 1,676,790 2,012,148 2,235,720 2,515,185 2,682,864 3,353,580 4,024,296 4,471,440 5,030,370 6,707,160 8,048,592 10,060,740 13,414,320 20,121,480 and 40,242,960, with no remainder.

Since 40,242,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,242,960, 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).