Q: Is 42,124,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,124,260 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 42,124,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 367 734 1,101 1,468 1,835 1,913 2,202 3,670 3,826 4,404 5,505 5,739 7,340 7,652 9,565 11,010 11,478 19,130 22,020 22,956 28,695 38,260 57,390 114,780 702,071 1,404,142 2,106,213 2,808,284 3,510,355 4,212,426 7,020,710 8,424,852 10,531,065 14,041,420 21,062,130 and 42,124,260, with no remainder.

Since 42,124,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,124,260, 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).