Q: Is 42,013,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,013,800 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 42,013,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 24 25 30 34 36 40 45 50 51 60 68 72 75 85 90 100 102 120 136 150 153 170 180 200 204 225 255 300 306 340 360 408 425 450 510 600 612 680 765 850 900 1,020 1,224 1,275 1,373 1,530 1,700 1,800 2,040 2,550 2,746 3,060 3,400 3,825 4,119 5,100 5,492 6,120 6,865 7,650 8,238 10,200 10,984 12,357 13,730 15,300 16,476 20,595 23,341 24,714 27,460 30,600 32,952 34,325 41,190 46,682 49,428 54,920 61,785 68,650 70,023 82,380 93,364 98,856 102,975 116,705 123,570 137,300 140,046 164,760 186,728 205,950 210,069 233,410 247,140 274,600 280,092 308,925 350,115 411,900 420,138 466,820 494,280 560,184 583,525 617,850 700,230 823,800 840,276 933,640 1,050,345 1,167,050 1,235,700 1,400,460 1,680,552 1,750,575 2,100,690 2,334,100 2,471,400 2,800,920 3,501,150 4,201,380 4,668,200 5,251,725 7,002,300 8,402,760 10,503,450 14,004,600 21,006,900 and 42,013,800, with no remainder.

Since 42,013,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,013,800, 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).