Q: Is 40,696,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,696,344 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 40,696,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 216 234 312 324 351 468 648 702 936 1,053 1,404 2,106 2,808 4,212 4,831 8,424 9,662 14,493 19,324 28,986 38,648 43,479 57,972 62,803 86,958 115,944 125,606 130,437 173,916 188,409 251,212 260,874 347,832 376,818 391,311 502,424 521,748 565,227 753,636 782,622 1,043,496 1,130,454 1,507,272 1,565,244 1,695,681 2,260,908 3,130,488 3,391,362 4,521,816 5,087,043 6,782,724 10,174,086 13,565,448 20,348,172 and 40,696,344, with no remainder.

Since 40,696,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,696,344, 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).