Q: Is 42,104,810 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,104,810 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 42,104,810 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 11 22 29 55 58 67 110 134 145 197 290 319 335 394 638 670 737 985 1,474 1,595 1,943 1,970 2,167 3,190 3,685 3,886 4,334 5,713 7,370 9,715 10,835 11,426 13,199 19,430 21,373 21,670 26,398 28,565 42,746 57,130 62,843 65,995 106,865 125,686 131,990 145,189 213,730 290,378 314,215 382,771 628,430 725,945 765,542 1,451,890 1,913,855 3,827,710 4,210,481 8,420,962 21,052,405 and 42,104,810, with no remainder.

Since 42,104,810 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,104,810, 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).