Q: Is 42,102,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,102,522 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 42,102,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 37 42 63 66 74 77 99 111 126 154 198 222 231 259 333 407 462 518 666 693 777 814 821 1,221 1,386 1,554 1,642 2,331 2,442 2,463 2,849 3,663 4,662 4,926 5,698 5,747 7,326 7,389 8,547 9,031 11,494 14,778 17,094 17,241 18,062 25,641 27,093 30,377 34,482 51,282 51,723 54,186 60,754 63,217 81,279 91,131 103,446 126,434 162,558 182,262 189,651 212,639 273,393 334,147 379,302 425,278 546,786 568,953 637,917 668,294 1,002,441 1,137,906 1,275,834 1,913,751 2,004,882 2,339,029 3,007,323 3,827,502 4,678,058 6,014,646 7,017,087 14,034,174 21,051,261 and 42,102,522, with no remainder.

Since 42,102,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,102,522, 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).