Q: Is 45,715,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 45,715,740 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 45,715,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 60 70 84 89 105 140 178 210 267 356 420 445 534 623 890 1,068 1,223 1,246 1,335 1,780 1,869 2,446 2,492 2,670 3,115 3,669 3,738 4,892 5,340 6,115 6,230 7,338 7,476 8,561 9,345 12,230 12,460 14,676 17,122 18,345 18,690 24,460 25,683 34,244 36,690 37,380 42,805 51,366 73,380 85,610 102,732 108,847 128,415 171,220 217,694 256,830 326,541 435,388 513,660 544,235 653,082 761,929 1,088,470 1,306,164 1,523,858 1,632,705 2,176,940 2,285,787 3,047,716 3,265,410 3,809,645 4,571,574 6,530,820 7,619,290 9,143,148 11,428,935 15,238,580 22,857,870 and 45,715,740, with no remainder.

Since 45,715,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 45,715,740, 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).