Q: Is 42,125,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,125,616 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 42,125,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 144 156 169 208 216 234 312 338 351 432 468 507 577 624 676 702 936 1,014 1,154 1,352 1,404 1,521 1,731 1,872 2,028 2,308 2,704 2,808 3,042 3,462 4,056 4,563 4,616 5,193 5,616 6,084 6,924 7,501 8,112 9,126 9,232 10,386 12,168 13,848 15,002 15,579 18,252 20,772 22,503 24,336 27,696 30,004 31,158 36,504 41,544 45,006 60,008 62,316 67,509 73,008 83,088 90,012 97,513 120,016 124,632 135,018 180,024 195,026 202,527 249,264 270,036 292,539 360,048 390,052 405,054 540,072 585,078 780,104 810,108 877,617 1,080,144 1,170,156 1,560,208 1,620,216 1,755,234 2,340,312 2,632,851 3,240,432 3,510,468 4,680,624 5,265,702 7,020,936 10,531,404 14,041,872 21,062,808 and 42,125,616, with no remainder.

Since 42,125,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,125,616, 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).