Q: Is 42,141,300 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,141,300 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 42,141,300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 25 30 34 50 51 60 68 75 85 100 102 150 170 204 255 300 340 425 510 850 1,020 1,275 1,700 2,550 5,100 8,263 16,526 24,789 33,052 41,315 49,578 82,630 99,156 123,945 140,471 165,260 206,575 247,890 280,942 413,150 421,413 495,780 561,884 619,725 702,355 826,300 842,826 1,239,450 1,404,710 1,685,652 2,107,065 2,478,900 2,809,420 3,511,775 4,214,130 7,023,550 8,428,260 10,535,325 14,047,100 21,070,650 and 42,141,300, with no remainder.

Since 42,141,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,141,300, 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).