Q: Is 41,688,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,688,144 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 41,688,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 36 41 46 48 69 72 82 92 123 138 144 164 184 207 246 276 307 328 368 369 414 492 552 614 656 738 828 921 943 984 1,104 1,228 1,476 1,656 1,842 1,886 1,968 2,456 2,763 2,829 2,952 3,312 3,684 3,772 4,912 5,526 5,658 5,904 7,061 7,368 7,544 8,487 11,052 11,316 12,587 14,122 14,736 15,088 16,974 21,183 22,104 22,632 25,174 28,244 33,948 37,761 42,366 44,208 45,264 50,348 56,488 63,549 67,896 75,522 84,732 100,696 112,976 113,283 127,098 135,792 151,044 169,464 201,392 226,566 254,196 289,501 302,088 338,928 453,132 508,392 579,002 604,176 868,503 906,264 1,016,784 1,158,004 1,737,006 1,812,528 2,316,008 2,605,509 3,474,012 4,632,016 5,211,018 6,948,024 10,422,036 13,896,048 20,844,072 and 41,688,144, with no remainder.

Since 41,688,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,688,144, 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).