Q: Is 44,036,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 44,036,740 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 44,036,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 31 44 55 62 110 121 124 155 220 242 310 341 484 587 605 620 682 1,174 1,210 1,364 1,705 2,348 2,420 2,935 3,410 3,751 5,870 6,457 6,820 7,502 11,740 12,914 15,004 18,197 18,755 25,828 32,285 36,394 37,510 64,570 71,027 72,788 75,020 90,985 129,140 142,054 181,970 200,167 284,108 355,135 363,940 400,334 710,270 800,668 1,000,835 1,420,540 2,001,670 2,201,837 4,003,340 4,403,674 8,807,348 11,009,185 22,018,370 and 44,036,740, with no remainder.

Since 44,036,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 44,036,740, 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).