Q: Is 41,442,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,442,516 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 41,442,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 37 54 74 81 108 111 148 162 222 324 333 444 666 999 1,332 1,998 2,997 3,457 3,996 5,994 6,914 10,371 11,988 13,828 20,742 31,113 41,484 62,226 93,339 124,452 127,909 186,678 255,818 280,017 373,356 383,727 511,636 560,034 767,454 1,120,068 1,151,181 1,534,908 2,302,362 3,453,543 4,604,724 6,907,086 10,360,629 13,814,172 20,721,258 and 41,442,516, with no remainder.

Since 41,442,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,442,516, 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).