Q: Is 40,347,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,347,132 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 40,347,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 67 84 107 134 201 214 268 321 402 428 469 642 749 804 938 1,284 1,407 1,498 1,876 2,247 2,814 2,996 4,489 4,494 5,628 7,169 8,978 8,988 13,467 14,338 17,956 21,507 26,934 28,676 31,423 43,014 50,183 53,868 62,846 86,028 94,269 100,366 125,692 150,549 188,538 200,732 301,098 377,076 480,323 602,196 960,646 1,440,969 1,921,292 2,881,938 3,362,261 5,763,876 6,724,522 10,086,783 13,449,044 20,173,566 and 40,347,132, with no remainder.

Since 40,347,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,347,132, 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).