Q: Is 41,615,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,615,952 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 41,615,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 211 336 422 587 633 844 1,174 1,266 1,477 1,688 1,761 2,348 2,532 2,954 3,376 3,522 4,109 4,431 4,696 5,064 5,908 7,044 8,218 8,862 9,392 10,128 11,816 12,327 14,088 16,436 17,724 23,632 24,654 28,176 32,872 35,448 49,308 65,744 70,896 98,616 123,857 197,232 247,714 371,571 495,428 743,142 866,999 990,856 1,486,284 1,733,998 1,981,712 2,600,997 2,972,568 3,467,996 5,201,994 5,945,136 6,935,992 10,403,988 13,871,984 20,807,976 and 41,615,952, with no remainder.

Since 41,615,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,615,952, 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).