Q: Is 41,785,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,785,488 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 41,785,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 61 67 71 72 122 134 142 144 183 201 213 244 268 284 366 402 426 488 536 549 568 603 639 732 804 852 976 1,072 1,098 1,136 1,206 1,278 1,464 1,608 1,704 2,196 2,412 2,556 2,928 3,216 3,408 4,087 4,331 4,392 4,757 4,824 5,112 8,174 8,662 8,784 9,514 9,648 10,224 12,261 12,993 14,271 16,348 17,324 19,028 24,522 25,986 28,542 32,696 34,648 36,783 38,056 38,979 42,813 49,044 51,972 57,084 65,392 69,296 73,566 76,112 77,958 85,626 98,088 103,944 114,168 147,132 155,916 171,252 196,176 207,888 228,336 290,177 294,264 311,832 342,504 580,354 588,528 623,664 685,008 870,531 1,160,708 1,741,062 2,321,416 2,611,593 3,482,124 4,642,832 5,223,186 6,964,248 10,446,372 13,928,496 20,892,744 and 41,785,488, with no remainder.

Since 41,785,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,785,488, 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).