Q: Is 40,775,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 40,775,136 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 40,775,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 32 46 48 59 69 92 96 118 138 177 184 236 276 313 354 368 472 552 626 708 736 939 944 1,104 1,252 1,357 1,416 1,878 1,888 2,208 2,504 2,714 2,832 3,756 4,071 5,008 5,428 5,664 7,199 7,512 8,142 10,016 10,856 14,398 15,024 16,284 18,467 21,597 21,712 28,796 30,048 32,568 36,934 43,194 43,424 55,401 57,592 65,136 73,868 86,388 110,802 115,184 130,272 147,736 172,776 221,604 230,368 295,472 345,552 424,741 443,208 590,944 691,104 849,482 886,416 1,274,223 1,698,964 1,772,832 2,548,446 3,397,928 5,096,892 6,795,856 10,193,784 13,591,712 20,387,568 and 40,775,136, with no remainder.

Since 40,775,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,775,136, 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).