Q: Is 40,576,977 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,576,977 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 40,576,977 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 17 21 27 51 63 73 119 153 173 189 219 357 459 511 519 657 1,071 1,211 1,241 1,533 1,557 1,971 2,941 3,213 3,633 3,723 4,599 4,671 8,687 8,823 10,899 11,169 12,629 13,797 20,587 26,061 26,469 32,697 33,507 37,887 61,761 78,183 79,407 88,403 113,661 185,283 214,693 234,549 265,209 340,983 555,849 644,079 795,627 1,502,851 1,932,237 2,386,881 4,508,553 5,796,711 13,525,659 and 40,576,977, with no remainder.

Since 40,576,977 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,576,977, 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).