Q: Is 40,425,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,425,768 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 40,425,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 29 36 38 57 58 72 76 87 114 116 152 171 174 228 232 261 342 348 456 522 551 684 696 1,019 1,044 1,102 1,368 1,653 2,038 2,088 2,204 3,057 3,306 4,076 4,408 4,959 6,114 6,612 8,152 9,171 9,918 12,228 13,224 18,342 19,361 19,836 24,456 29,551 36,684 38,722 39,672 58,083 59,102 73,368 77,444 88,653 116,166 118,204 154,888 174,249 177,306 232,332 236,408 265,959 348,498 354,612 464,664 531,918 561,469 696,996 709,224 1,063,836 1,122,938 1,393,992 1,684,407 2,127,672 2,245,876 3,368,814 4,491,752 5,053,221 6,737,628 10,106,442 13,475,256 20,212,884 and 40,425,768, with no remainder.

Since 40,425,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,425,768, 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).