Q: Is 40,511,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,511,744 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 40,511,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 37 47 52 56 64 74 91 94 104 112 128 148 182 188 208 224 256 259 296 329 364 376 416 448 481 518 592 611 658 728 752 832 896 962 1,036 1,184 1,222 1,316 1,456 1,504 1,664 1,739 1,792 1,924 2,072 2,368 2,444 2,632 2,912 3,008 3,328 3,367 3,478 3,848 4,144 4,277 4,736 4,888 5,264 5,824 6,016 6,734 6,956 7,696 8,288 8,554 9,472 9,776 10,528 11,648 12,032 12,173 13,468 13,912 15,392 16,576 17,108 19,552 21,056 22,607 23,296 24,346 26,936 27,824 30,784 33,152 34,216 39,104 42,112 45,214 48,692 53,872 55,648 61,568 66,304 68,432 78,208 84,224 90,428 97,384 107,744 111,296 123,136 136,864 156,416 158,249 180,856 194,768 215,488 222,592 273,728 316,498 361,712 389,536 430,976 445,184 547,456 632,996 723,424 779,072 861,952 1,094,912 1,265,992 1,446,848 1,558,144 2,531,984 2,893,696 3,116,288 5,063,968 5,787,392 10,127,936 20,255,872 and 40,511,744, with no remainder.

Since 40,511,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,511,744, 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).