Q: Is 40,467,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,467,480 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 40,467,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 51 60 68 83 85 102 120 136 166 170 204 239 249 255 332 340 408 415 478 498 510 664 680 717 830 956 996 1,020 1,195 1,245 1,411 1,434 1,660 1,912 1,992 2,040 2,390 2,490 2,822 2,868 3,320 3,585 4,063 4,233 4,780 4,980 5,644 5,736 7,055 7,170 8,126 8,466 9,560 9,960 11,288 12,189 14,110 14,340 16,252 16,932 19,837 20,315 21,165 24,378 28,220 28,680 32,504 33,864 39,674 40,630 42,330 48,756 56,440 59,511 60,945 79,348 81,260 84,660 97,512 99,185 119,022 121,890 158,696 162,520 169,320 198,370 238,044 243,780 297,555 337,229 396,740 476,088 487,560 595,110 674,458 793,480 1,011,687 1,190,220 1,348,916 1,686,145 2,023,374 2,380,440 2,697,832 3,372,290 4,046,748 5,058,435 6,744,580 8,093,496 10,116,870 13,489,160 20,233,740 and 40,467,480, with no remainder.

Since 40,467,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,467,480, 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).