Q: Is 40,244,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,244,040 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 40,244,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 81 90 108 120 135 162 180 216 270 324 360 405 540 648 810 1,080 1,620 3,240 12,421 24,842 37,263 49,684 62,105 74,526 99,368 111,789 124,210 149,052 186,315 223,578 248,420 298,104 335,367 372,630 447,156 496,840 558,945 670,734 745,260 894,312 1,006,101 1,117,890 1,341,468 1,490,520 1,676,835 2,012,202 2,235,780 2,682,936 3,353,670 4,024,404 4,471,560 5,030,505 6,707,340 8,048,808 10,061,010 13,414,680 20,122,020 and 40,244,040, with no remainder.

Since 40,244,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,244,040, 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).