Q: Is 40,732,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,732,240 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 40,732,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 40 58 80 97 116 145 181 194 232 290 362 388 464 485 580 724 776 905 970 1,160 1,448 1,552 1,810 1,940 2,320 2,813 2,896 3,620 3,880 5,249 5,626 7,240 7,760 10,498 11,252 14,065 14,480 17,557 20,996 22,504 26,245 28,130 35,114 41,992 45,008 52,490 56,260 70,228 83,984 87,785 104,980 112,520 140,456 175,570 209,960 225,040 280,912 351,140 419,920 509,153 702,280 1,018,306 1,404,560 2,036,612 2,545,765 4,073,224 5,091,530 8,146,448 10,183,060 20,366,120 and 40,732,240, with no remainder.

Since 40,732,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,732,240, 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).