Q: Is 41,240,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,240,496 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 41,240,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 37 44 48 66 74 88 111 132 148 176 222 264 296 407 444 528 592 814 888 1,221 1,628 1,776 2,111 2,442 3,256 4,222 4,884 6,333 6,512 8,444 9,768 12,666 16,888 19,536 23,221 25,332 33,776 46,442 50,664 69,663 78,107 92,884 101,328 139,326 156,214 185,768 234,321 278,652 312,428 371,536 468,642 557,304 624,856 859,177 937,284 1,114,608 1,249,712 1,718,354 1,874,568 2,577,531 3,436,708 3,749,136 5,155,062 6,873,416 10,310,124 13,746,832 20,620,248 and 41,240,496, with no remainder.

Since 41,240,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,240,496, 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).