Q: Is 40,291,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,291,440 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 40,291,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 29 30 35 40 42 48 56 58 60 70 80 84 87 105 112 116 120 140 145 168 174 203 210 232 240 280 290 336 348 406 420 435 464 560 580 609 696 812 827 840 870 1,015 1,160 1,218 1,392 1,624 1,654 1,680 1,740 2,030 2,320 2,436 2,481 3,045 3,248 3,308 3,480 4,060 4,135 4,872 4,962 5,789 6,090 6,616 6,960 8,120 8,270 9,744 9,924 11,578 12,180 12,405 13,232 16,240 16,540 17,367 19,848 23,156 23,983 24,360 24,810 28,945 33,080 34,734 39,696 46,312 47,966 48,720 49,620 57,890 66,160 69,468 71,949 86,835 92,624 95,932 99,240 115,780 119,915 138,936 143,898 167,881 173,670 191,864 198,480 231,560 239,830 277,872 287,796 335,762 347,340 359,745 383,728 463,120 479,660 503,643 575,592 671,524 694,680 719,490 839,405 959,320 1,007,286 1,151,184 1,343,048 1,389,360 1,438,980 1,678,810 1,918,640 2,014,572 2,518,215 2,686,096 2,877,960 3,357,620 4,029,144 5,036,430 5,755,920 6,715,240 8,058,288 10,072,860 13,430,480 20,145,720 and 40,291,440, with no remainder.

Since 40,291,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,291,440, 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).