Q: Is 42,115,530 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,115,530 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 42,115,530 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 23 30 46 67 69 115 134 138 201 230 335 345 402 670 690 911 1,005 1,541 1,822 2,010 2,733 3,082 4,555 4,623 5,466 7,705 9,110 9,246 13,665 15,410 20,953 23,115 27,330 41,906 46,230 61,037 62,859 104,765 122,074 125,718 183,111 209,530 305,185 314,295 366,222 610,370 628,590 915,555 1,403,851 1,831,110 2,807,702 4,211,553 7,019,255 8,423,106 14,038,510 21,057,765 and 42,115,530, with no remainder.

Since 42,115,530 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,115,530, 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).