Q: Is 40,295,052 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,295,052 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 40,295,052 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 49 53 63 84 98 106 126 147 159 196 212 252 294 318 371 431 441 477 588 636 742 862 882 954 1,113 1,293 1,484 1,724 1,764 1,908 2,226 2,586 2,597 3,017 3,339 3,879 4,452 5,172 5,194 6,034 6,678 7,758 7,791 9,051 10,388 12,068 13,356 15,516 15,582 18,102 21,119 22,843 23,373 27,153 31,164 36,204 42,238 45,686 46,746 54,306 63,357 68,529 84,476 91,372 93,492 108,612 126,714 137,058 159,901 190,071 205,587 253,428 274,116 319,802 380,142 411,174 479,703 639,604 760,284 822,348 959,406 1,119,307 1,439,109 1,918,812 2,238,614 2,878,218 3,357,921 4,477,228 5,756,436 6,715,842 10,073,763 13,431,684 20,147,526 and 40,295,052, with no remainder.

Since 40,295,052 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,295,052, 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).