Q: Is 40,368,006 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,368,006 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 40,368,006 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 63 126 421 761 842 1,263 1,522 2,283 2,526 2,947 3,789 4,566 5,327 5,894 6,849 7,578 8,841 10,654 13,698 15,981 17,682 26,523 31,962 47,943 53,046 95,886 320,381 640,762 961,143 1,922,286 2,242,667 2,883,429 4,485,334 5,766,858 6,728,001 13,456,002 20,184,003 and 40,368,006, with no remainder.

Since 40,368,006 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,368,006, 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).