Q: Is 40,303,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,303,040 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 40,303,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 32 40 43 58 64 80 86 101 116 145 160 172 202 215 232 290 320 344 404 430 464 505 580 688 808 860 928 1,010 1,160 1,247 1,376 1,616 1,720 1,856 2,020 2,320 2,494 2,752 2,929 3,232 3,440 4,040 4,343 4,640 4,988 5,858 6,235 6,464 6,880 8,080 8,686 9,280 9,976 11,716 12,470 13,760 14,645 16,160 17,372 19,952 21,715 23,432 24,940 29,290 32,320 34,744 39,904 43,430 46,864 49,880 58,580 69,488 79,808 86,860 93,728 99,760 117,160 125,947 138,976 173,720 187,456 199,520 234,320 251,894 277,952 347,440 399,040 468,640 503,788 629,735 694,880 937,280 1,007,576 1,259,470 1,389,760 2,015,152 2,518,940 4,030,304 5,037,880 8,060,608 10,075,760 20,151,520 and 40,303,040, with no remainder.

Since 40,303,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,303,040, 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).