Q: Is 40,343,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,343,328 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 40,343,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 127 144 254 288 381 508 762 1,016 1,103 1,143 1,524 2,032 2,206 2,286 3,048 3,309 4,064 4,412 4,572 6,096 6,618 8,824 9,144 9,927 12,192 13,236 17,648 18,288 19,854 26,472 35,296 36,576 39,708 52,944 79,416 105,888 140,081 158,832 280,162 317,664 420,243 560,324 840,486 1,120,648 1,260,729 1,680,972 2,241,296 2,521,458 3,361,944 4,482,592 5,042,916 6,723,888 10,085,832 13,447,776 20,171,664 and 40,343,328, with no remainder.

Since 40,343,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,343,328, 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).