Q: Is 40,741,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,741,960 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 40,741,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 140 227 280 454 641 908 1,135 1,282 1,589 1,816 2,270 2,564 3,178 3,205 4,487 4,540 5,128 6,356 6,410 7,945 8,974 9,080 12,712 12,820 15,890 17,948 22,435 25,640 31,780 35,896 44,870 63,560 89,740 145,507 179,480 291,014 582,028 727,535 1,018,549 1,164,056 1,455,070 2,037,098 2,910,140 4,074,196 5,092,745 5,820,280 8,148,392 10,185,490 20,370,980 and 40,741,960, with no remainder.

Since 40,741,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,741,960, 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).