Q: Is 40,317,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,317,760 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 40,317,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 41 56 64 70 80 82 112 140 160 164 205 224 280 287 320 328 410 439 448 560 574 656 820 878 1,120 1,148 1,312 1,435 1,640 1,756 2,195 2,240 2,296 2,624 2,870 3,073 3,280 3,512 4,390 4,592 5,740 6,146 6,560 7,024 8,780 9,184 11,480 12,292 13,120 14,048 15,365 17,560 17,999 18,368 22,960 24,584 28,096 30,730 35,120 35,998 45,920 49,168 61,460 70,240 71,996 89,995 91,840 98,336 122,920 125,993 140,480 143,992 179,990 196,672 245,840 251,986 287,984 359,980 491,680 503,972 575,968 629,965 719,960 983,360 1,007,944 1,151,936 1,259,930 1,439,920 2,015,888 2,519,860 2,879,840 4,031,776 5,039,720 5,759,680 8,063,552 10,079,440 20,158,880 and 40,317,760, with no remainder.

Since 40,317,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,317,760, 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).