Q: Is 42,135,228 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,135,228 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 42,135,228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 67 81 108 134 162 201 243 268 324 402 486 603 647 804 972 1,206 1,294 1,809 1,941 2,412 2,588 3,618 3,882 5,427 5,823 7,236 7,764 10,854 11,646 16,281 17,469 21,708 23,292 32,562 34,938 43,349 52,407 65,124 69,876 86,698 104,814 130,047 157,221 173,396 209,628 260,094 314,442 390,141 520,188 628,884 780,282 1,170,423 1,560,564 2,340,846 3,511,269 4,681,692 7,022,538 10,533,807 14,045,076 21,067,614 and 42,135,228, with no remainder.

Since 42,135,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,135,228, 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).