Q: Is 40,315,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,315,704 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 40,315,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 17 22 24 26 33 34 39 44 51 52 66 68 78 88 102 104 132 136 143 156 187 204 221 264 286 312 374 408 429 442 561 572 663 691 748 858 884 1,122 1,144 1,326 1,382 1,496 1,716 1,768 2,073 2,244 2,431 2,652 2,764 3,432 4,146 4,488 4,862 5,304 5,528 7,293 7,601 8,292 8,983 9,724 11,747 14,586 15,202 16,584 17,966 19,448 22,803 23,494 26,949 29,172 30,404 35,241 35,932 45,606 46,988 53,898 58,344 60,808 70,482 71,864 91,212 93,976 98,813 107,796 129,217 140,964 152,711 182,424 197,626 215,592 258,434 281,928 296,439 305,422 387,651 395,252 458,133 516,868 592,878 610,844 775,302 790,504 916,266 1,033,736 1,185,756 1,221,688 1,550,604 1,679,821 1,832,532 2,371,512 3,101,208 3,359,642 3,665,064 5,039,463 6,719,284 10,078,926 13,438,568 20,157,852 and 40,315,704, with no remainder.

Since 40,315,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,315,704, 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).