Q: Is 41,571,387 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,571,387 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 41,571,387 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 13 27 33 37 39 81 97 99 111 117 143 291 297 333 351 407 429 481 873 891 999 1,053 1,067 1,221 1,261 1,287 1,443 2,619 2,997 3,201 3,589 3,663 3,783 3,861 4,329 5,291 7,857 9,603 10,767 10,989 11,349 11,583 12,987 13,871 15,873 28,809 32,301 32,967 34,047 38,961 39,479 41,613 46,657 47,619 86,427 96,903 102,141 118,437 124,839 139,971 142,857 290,709 355,311 374,517 419,913 428,571 513,227 1,065,933 1,123,551 1,259,739 1,539,681 3,197,799 3,779,217 4,619,043 13,857,129 and 41,571,387, with no remainder.

Since 41,571,387 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,571,387, 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).