Q: Is 40,436,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,436,560 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 40,436,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 37 38 40 74 76 80 95 148 152 185 190 296 304 370 380 592 703 719 740 760 1,406 1,438 1,480 1,520 2,812 2,876 2,960 3,515 3,595 5,624 5,752 7,030 7,190 11,248 11,504 13,661 14,060 14,380 26,603 27,322 28,120 28,760 53,206 54,644 56,240 57,520 68,305 106,412 109,288 133,015 136,610 212,824 218,576 266,030 273,220 425,648 505,457 532,060 546,440 1,010,914 1,064,120 1,092,880 2,021,828 2,128,240 2,527,285 4,043,656 5,054,570 8,087,312 10,109,140 20,218,280 and 40,436,560, with no remainder.

Since 40,436,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,436,560, 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).