Q: Is 40,302,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,302,528 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 40,302,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 157 168 191 192 224 314 336 382 448 471 573 628 672 764 942 1,099 1,146 1,256 1,337 1,344 1,528 1,884 2,198 2,292 2,512 2,674 3,056 3,297 3,768 4,011 4,396 4,584 5,024 5,348 6,112 6,594 7,536 8,022 8,792 9,168 10,048 10,696 12,224 13,188 15,072 16,044 17,584 18,336 21,392 26,376 29,987 30,144 32,088 35,168 36,672 42,784 52,752 59,974 64,176 70,336 85,568 89,961 105,504 119,948 128,352 179,922 209,909 211,008 239,896 256,704 359,844 419,818 479,792 629,727 719,688 839,636 959,584 1,259,454 1,439,376 1,679,272 1,919,168 2,518,908 2,878,752 3,358,544 5,037,816 5,757,504 6,717,088 10,075,632 13,434,176 20,151,264 and 40,302,528, with no remainder.

Since 40,302,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,302,528, 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).