Q: Is 42,057,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,057,600 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 42,057,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 24 25 26 30 32 39 40 48 50 52 60 64 65 75 78 80 96 100 104 120 128 130 150 156 160 192 195 200 208 240 260 300 312 320 325 337 384 390 400 416 480 520 600 624 640 650 674 780 800 832 960 975 1,011 1,040 1,200 1,248 1,300 1,348 1,560 1,600 1,664 1,685 1,920 1,950 2,022 2,080 2,400 2,496 2,600 2,696 3,120 3,200 3,370 3,900 4,044 4,160 4,381 4,800 4,992 5,055 5,200 5,392 6,240 6,740 7,800 8,088 8,320 8,425 8,762 9,600 10,110 10,400 10,784 12,480 13,143 13,480 15,600 16,176 16,850 17,524 20,220 20,800 21,568 21,905 24,960 25,275 26,286 26,960 31,200 32,352 33,700 35,048 40,440 41,600 43,136 43,810 50,550 52,572 53,920 62,400 64,704 65,715 67,400 70,096 80,880 87,620 101,100 105,144 107,840 109,525 124,800 129,408 131,430 134,800 140,192 161,760 175,240 202,200 210,288 215,680 219,050 262,860 269,600 280,384 323,520 328,575 350,480 404,400 420,576 438,100 525,720 539,200 560,768 647,040 657,150 700,960 808,800 841,152 876,200 1,051,440 1,078,400 1,314,300 1,401,920 1,617,600 1,682,304 1,752,400 2,102,880 2,628,600 2,803,840 3,235,200 3,504,800 4,205,760 5,257,200 7,009,600 8,411,520 10,514,400 14,019,200 21,028,800 and 42,057,600, with no remainder.

Since 42,057,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,057,600, 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).