Q: Is 40,544,244 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,544,244 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 40,544,244 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 41 52 78 82 117 123 156 164 234 246 369 468 492 533 738 1,066 1,476 1,599 2,113 2,132 3,198 4,226 4,797 6,339 6,396 8,452 9,594 12,678 19,017 19,188 25,356 27,469 38,034 54,938 76,068 82,407 86,633 109,876 164,814 173,266 247,221 259,899 329,628 346,532 494,442 519,798 779,697 988,884 1,039,596 1,126,229 1,559,394 2,252,458 3,118,788 3,378,687 4,504,916 6,757,374 10,136,061 13,514,748 20,272,122 and 40,544,244, with no remainder.

Since 40,544,244 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,544,244, 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).