Q: Is 42,121,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,121,024 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 42,121,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 32 38 44 47 64 67 76 88 94 134 152 176 188 209 268 304 352 376 418 517 536 608 704 737 752 836 893 1,034 1,072 1,216 1,273 1,474 1,504 1,672 1,786 2,068 2,144 2,546 2,948 3,008 3,149 3,344 3,572 4,136 4,288 5,092 5,896 6,298 6,688 7,144 8,272 9,823 10,184 11,792 12,596 13,376 14,003 14,288 16,544 19,646 20,368 23,584 25,192 28,006 28,576 33,088 34,639 39,292 40,736 47,168 50,384 56,012 57,152 59,831 69,278 78,584 81,472 100,768 112,024 119,662 138,556 157,168 201,536 224,048 239,324 277,112 314,336 448,096 478,648 554,224 628,672 658,141 896,192 957,296 1,108,448 1,316,282 1,914,592 2,216,896 2,632,564 3,829,184 5,265,128 10,530,256 21,060,512 and 42,121,024, with no remainder.

Since 42,121,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,121,024, 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).