Q: Is 40,463,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,463,920 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 40,463,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 19 20 28 35 38 40 56 70 76 80 95 112 133 140 152 190 266 280 304 380 532 560 665 760 1,064 1,330 1,520 2,128 2,660 3,803 5,320 7,606 10,640 15,212 19,015 26,621 30,424 38,030 53,242 60,848 72,257 76,060 106,484 133,105 144,514 152,120 212,968 266,210 289,028 304,240 361,285 425,936 505,799 532,420 578,056 722,570 1,011,598 1,064,840 1,156,112 1,445,140 2,023,196 2,129,680 2,528,995 2,890,280 4,046,392 5,057,990 5,780,560 8,092,784 10,115,980 20,231,960 and 40,463,920, with no remainder.

Since 40,463,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,463,920, 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).