Q: Is 40,302,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,302,120 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 40,302,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 263 526 789 1,052 1,277 1,315 1,578 2,104 2,554 2,630 3,156 3,831 3,945 5,108 5,260 6,312 6,385 7,662 7,890 10,216 10,520 12,770 15,324 15,780 19,155 25,540 30,648 31,560 38,310 51,080 76,620 153,240 335,851 671,702 1,007,553 1,343,404 1,679,255 2,015,106 2,686,808 3,358,510 4,030,212 5,037,765 6,717,020 8,060,424 10,075,530 13,434,040 20,151,060 and 40,302,120, with no remainder.

Since 40,302,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,302,120, 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).