Q: Is 41,577,705 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,577,705 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 41,577,705 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 13 15 27 39 45 53 65 81 117 135 149 159 195 265 351 405 447 477 585 689 745 795 1,053 1,341 1,431 1,755 1,937 2,067 2,235 2,385 3,445 4,023 4,293 5,265 5,811 6,201 6,705 7,155 7,897 9,685 10,335 12,069 17,433 18,603 20,115 21,465 23,691 29,055 31,005 39,485 52,299 55,809 60,345 71,073 87,165 93,015 102,661 118,455 156,897 213,219 261,495 279,045 307,983 355,365 513,305 639,657 784,485 923,949 1,066,095 1,539,915 2,771,847 3,198,285 4,619,745 8,315,541 13,859,235 and 41,577,705, with no remainder.

Since 41,577,705 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,577,705, 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).