Q: Is 420,202,425 a Composite Number?

Why is 420,202,425 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 420,202,425 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 15 25 59 75 177 295 885 1,475 4,425 94,961 284,883 474,805 1,424,415 2,374,025 5,602,699 7,122,075 16,808,097 28,013,495 84,040,485 140,067,475 and 420,202,425, with no remainder.

Since 420,202,425 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,202,425, 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).