Q: Is 40,343,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,343,700 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 40,343,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 25 30 50 60 75 89 100 150 178 267 300 356 445 534 890 1,068 1,335 1,511 1,780 2,225 2,670 3,022 4,450 4,533 5,340 6,044 6,675 7,555 8,900 9,066 13,350 15,110 18,132 22,665 26,700 30,220 37,775 45,330 75,550 90,660 113,325 134,479 151,100 226,650 268,958 403,437 453,300 537,916 672,395 806,874 1,344,790 1,613,748 2,017,185 2,689,580 3,361,975 4,034,370 6,723,950 8,068,740 10,085,925 13,447,900 20,171,850 and 40,343,700, with no remainder.

Since 40,343,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,343,700, 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).