Q: Is 40,734,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,734,144 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 40,734,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 64 66 72 88 96 99 108 132 144 176 192 198 216 264 288 297 352 396 432 528 576 594 704 792 864 1,056 1,188 1,584 1,728 2,112 2,143 2,376 3,168 4,286 4,752 6,336 6,429 8,572 9,504 12,858 17,144 19,008 19,287 23,573 25,716 34,288 38,574 47,146 51,432 57,861 68,576 70,719 77,148 94,292 102,864 115,722 137,152 141,438 154,296 188,584 205,728 212,157 231,444 282,876 308,592 377,168 411,456 424,314 462,888 565,752 617,184 636,471 754,336 848,628 925,776 1,131,504 1,234,368 1,272,942 1,508,672 1,697,256 1,851,552 2,263,008 2,545,884 3,394,512 3,703,104 4,526,016 5,091,768 6,789,024 10,183,536 13,578,048 20,367,072 and 40,734,144, with no remainder.

Since 40,734,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,734,144, 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).