Q: Is 40,472,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,472,820 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 40,472,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 37 45 59 60 74 90 103 111 118 148 177 180 185 206 222 236 295 309 333 354 370 412 444 515 531 555 590 618 666 708 740 885 927 1,030 1,062 1,110 1,180 1,236 1,332 1,545 1,665 1,770 1,854 2,060 2,124 2,183 2,220 2,655 3,090 3,330 3,540 3,708 3,811 4,366 4,635 5,310 6,077 6,180 6,549 6,660 7,622 8,732 9,270 10,620 10,915 11,433 12,154 13,098 15,244 18,231 18,540 19,055 19,647 21,830 22,866 24,308 26,196 30,385 32,745 34,299 36,462 38,110 39,294 43,660 45,732 54,693 57,165 60,770 65,490 68,598 72,924 76,220 78,588 91,155 98,235 109,386 114,330 121,540 130,980 137,196 171,495 182,310 196,470 218,772 224,849 228,660 273,465 342,990 364,620 392,940 449,698 546,930 674,547 685,980 899,396 1,093,860 1,124,245 1,349,094 2,023,641 2,248,490 2,698,188 3,372,735 4,047,282 4,496,980 6,745,470 8,094,564 10,118,205 13,490,940 20,236,410 and 40,472,820, with no remainder.

Since 40,472,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,472,820, 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).