Q: Is 41,479,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,479,128 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 41,479,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 81 108 114 152 162 171 216 228 243 324 342 456 486 513 648 684 972 1,026 1,123 1,368 1,539 1,944 2,052 2,246 3,078 3,369 4,104 4,492 4,617 6,156 6,738 8,984 9,234 10,107 12,312 13,476 18,468 20,214 21,337 26,952 30,321 36,936 40,428 42,674 60,642 64,011 80,856 85,348 90,963 121,284 128,022 170,696 181,926 192,033 242,568 256,044 272,889 363,852 384,066 512,088 545,778 576,099 727,704 768,132 1,091,556 1,152,198 1,536,264 1,728,297 2,183,112 2,304,396 3,456,594 4,608,792 5,184,891 6,913,188 10,369,782 13,826,376 20,739,564 and 41,479,128, with no remainder.

Since 41,479,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,479,128, 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).