Q: Is 45,246,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 45,246,740 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 45,246,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 44 55 70 77 110 121 140 154 220 242 308 385 484 605 770 847 1,210 1,540 1,694 2,420 2,671 3,388 4,235 5,342 8,470 10,684 13,355 16,940 18,697 26,710 29,381 37,394 53,420 58,762 74,788 93,485 117,524 146,905 186,970 205,667 293,810 323,191 373,940 411,334 587,620 646,382 822,668 1,028,335 1,292,764 1,615,955 2,056,670 2,262,337 3,231,910 4,113,340 4,524,674 6,463,820 9,049,348 11,311,685 22,623,370 and 45,246,740, with no remainder.

Since 45,246,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 45,246,740, 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).