Q: Is 40,376,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,376,640 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 40,376,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 137 160 192 240 274 307 320 411 480 548 614 685 822 921 960 1,096 1,228 1,370 1,535 1,644 1,842 2,055 2,192 2,456 2,740 3,070 3,288 3,684 4,110 4,384 4,605 4,912 5,480 6,140 6,576 7,368 8,220 8,768 9,210 9,824 10,960 12,280 13,152 14,736 16,440 18,420 19,648 21,920 24,560 26,304 29,472 32,880 36,840 42,059 43,840 49,120 58,944 65,760 73,680 84,118 98,240 126,177 131,520 147,360 168,236 210,295 252,354 294,720 336,472 420,590 504,708 630,885 672,944 841,180 1,009,416 1,261,770 1,345,888 1,682,360 2,018,832 2,523,540 2,691,776 3,364,720 4,037,664 5,047,080 6,729,440 8,075,328 10,094,160 13,458,880 20,188,320 and 40,376,640, with no remainder.

Since 40,376,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,376,640, 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).