Q: Is 40,324,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,324,224 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 40,324,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 173 192 346 384 519 607 692 1,038 1,214 1,384 1,821 2,076 2,428 2,768 3,642 4,152 4,856 5,536 7,284 8,304 9,712 11,072 14,568 16,608 19,424 22,144 29,136 33,216 38,848 58,272 66,432 77,696 105,011 116,544 210,022 233,088 315,033 420,044 630,066 840,088 1,260,132 1,680,176 2,520,264 3,360,352 5,040,528 6,720,704 10,081,056 13,441,408 20,162,112 and 40,324,224, with no remainder.

Since 40,324,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,324,224, 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).