Q: Is 40,356,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,356,120 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 40,356,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 56 60 70 84 105 107 120 140 168 210 214 280 321 420 428 449 535 642 749 840 856 898 1,070 1,284 1,347 1,498 1,605 1,796 2,140 2,245 2,247 2,568 2,694 2,996 3,143 3,210 3,592 3,745 4,280 4,490 4,494 5,388 5,992 6,286 6,420 6,735 7,490 8,980 8,988 9,429 10,776 11,235 12,572 12,840 13,470 14,980 15,715 17,960 17,976 18,858 22,470 25,144 26,940 29,960 31,430 37,716 44,940 47,145 48,043 53,880 62,860 75,432 89,880 94,290 96,086 125,720 144,129 188,580 192,172 240,215 288,258 336,301 377,160 384,344 480,430 576,516 672,602 720,645 960,860 1,008,903 1,153,032 1,345,204 1,441,290 1,681,505 1,921,720 2,017,806 2,690,408 2,882,580 3,363,010 4,035,612 5,044,515 5,765,160 6,726,020 8,071,224 10,089,030 13,452,040 20,178,060 and 40,356,120, with no remainder.

Since 40,356,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,356,120, 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).