Q: Is 40,332,006 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,332,006 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 40,332,006 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 27 33 39 54 66 78 81 99 117 143 162 198 234 286 297 351 429 594 702 858 891 1,053 1,287 1,741 1,782 2,106 2,574 3,482 3,861 5,223 7,722 10,446 11,583 15,669 19,151 22,633 23,166 31,338 38,302 45,266 47,007 57,453 67,899 94,014 114,906 135,798 141,021 172,359 203,697 248,963 282,042 344,718 407,394 497,926 517,077 611,091 746,889 1,034,154 1,222,182 1,493,778 1,551,231 1,833,273 2,240,667 3,102,462 3,666,546 4,481,334 6,722,001 13,444,002 20,166,003 and 40,332,006, with no remainder.

Since 40,332,006 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,332,006, 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).