Q: Is 40,565,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,565,664 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 40,565,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 32 36 48 54 58 72 87 96 108 116 144 174 216 232 261 288 348 432 464 522 696 783 864 928 1,044 1,392 1,566 1,619 2,088 2,784 3,132 3,238 4,176 4,857 6,264 6,476 8,352 9,714 12,528 12,952 14,571 19,428 25,056 25,904 29,142 38,856 43,713 46,951 51,808 58,284 77,712 87,426 93,902 116,568 140,853 155,424 174,852 187,804 233,136 281,706 349,704 375,608 422,559 466,272 563,412 699,408 751,216 845,118 1,126,824 1,267,677 1,398,816 1,502,432 1,690,236 2,253,648 2,535,354 3,380,472 4,507,296 5,070,708 6,760,944 10,141,416 13,521,888 20,282,832 and 40,565,664, with no remainder.

Since 40,565,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,565,664, 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).