Q: Is 41,275,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,275,728 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 41,275,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 24 26 34 36 39 48 51 52 68 72 78 102 104 117 136 144 153 156 204 208 221 234 272 306 312 408 442 468 612 624 663 816 884 936 1,224 1,297 1,326 1,768 1,872 1,989 2,448 2,594 2,652 3,536 3,891 3,978 5,188 5,304 7,782 7,956 10,376 10,608 11,673 15,564 15,912 16,861 20,752 22,049 23,346 31,128 31,824 33,722 44,098 46,692 50,583 62,256 66,147 67,444 88,196 93,384 101,166 132,294 134,888 151,749 176,392 186,768 198,441 202,332 264,588 269,776 286,637 303,498 352,784 396,882 404,664 529,176 573,274 606,996 793,764 809,328 859,911 1,058,352 1,146,548 1,213,992 1,587,528 1,719,822 2,293,096 2,427,984 2,579,733 3,175,056 3,439,644 4,586,192 5,159,466 6,879,288 10,318,932 13,758,576 20,637,864 and 41,275,728, with no remainder.

Since 41,275,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,275,728, 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).