Q: Is 40,637,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,637,340 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 40,637,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 180 401 563 802 1,126 1,203 1,604 1,689 2,005 2,252 2,406 2,815 3,378 3,609 4,010 4,812 5,067 5,630 6,015 6,756 7,218 8,020 8,445 10,134 11,260 12,030 14,436 16,890 18,045 20,268 24,060 25,335 33,780 36,090 50,670 72,180 101,340 225,763 451,526 677,289 903,052 1,128,815 1,354,578 2,031,867 2,257,630 2,709,156 3,386,445 4,063,734 4,515,260 6,772,890 8,127,468 10,159,335 13,545,780 20,318,670 and 40,637,340, with no remainder.

Since 40,637,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,637,340, 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).