Q: Is 41,378,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,378,840 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 41,378,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 23 40 41 46 82 92 115 164 184 205 230 328 410 460 820 920 943 1,097 1,640 1,886 2,194 3,772 4,388 4,715 5,485 7,544 8,776 9,430 10,970 18,860 21,940 25,231 37,720 43,880 44,977 50,462 89,954 100,924 126,155 179,908 201,848 224,885 252,310 359,816 449,770 504,620 899,540 1,009,240 1,034,471 1,799,080 2,068,942 4,137,884 5,172,355 8,275,768 10,344,710 20,689,420 and 41,378,840, with no remainder.

Since 41,378,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,378,840, 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).