Q: Is 42,122,563 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,122,563 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 42,122,563 can be evenly divided by 1 7 19 79 133 211 361 553 1,477 1,501 2,527 4,009 10,507 16,669 28,063 28,519 76,171 116,683 199,633 316,711 533,197 2,216,977 6,017,509 and 42,122,563, with no remainder.

Since 42,122,563 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,122,563, 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).