Q: Is 42,106,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,106,960 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 42,106,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 17 20 28 34 35 40 56 68 70 80 85 112 119 136 140 170 238 272 280 340 476 560 595 680 952 1,190 1,360 1,904 2,380 4,423 4,760 8,846 9,520 17,692 22,115 30,961 35,384 44,230 61,922 70,768 75,191 88,460 123,844 150,382 154,805 176,920 247,688 300,764 309,610 353,840 375,955 495,376 526,337 601,528 619,220 751,910 1,052,674 1,203,056 1,238,440 1,503,820 2,105,348 2,476,880 2,631,685 3,007,640 4,210,696 5,263,370 6,015,280 8,421,392 10,526,740 21,053,480 and 42,106,960, with no remainder.

Since 42,106,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,106,960, 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).