Q: Is 40,319,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,319,664 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 40,319,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 112 132 154 168 176 231 264 308 336 462 528 616 924 1,232 1,848 3,696 10,909 21,818 32,727 43,636 65,454 76,363 87,272 119,999 130,908 152,726 174,544 229,089 239,998 261,816 305,452 359,997 458,178 479,996 523,632 610,904 719,994 839,993 916,356 959,992 1,221,808 1,439,988 1,679,986 1,832,712 1,919,984 2,519,979 2,879,976 3,359,972 3,665,424 5,039,958 5,759,952 6,719,944 10,079,916 13,439,888 20,159,832 and 40,319,664, with no remainder.

Since 40,319,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,319,664, 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).