Q: Is 42,163,524 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,163,524 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 42,163,524 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 59 78 108 117 118 156 177 234 236 351 354 468 509 531 702 708 767 1,018 1,062 1,404 1,527 1,534 1,593 2,036 2,124 2,301 3,054 3,068 3,186 4,581 4,602 6,108 6,372 6,617 6,903 9,162 9,204 13,234 13,743 13,806 18,324 19,851 20,709 26,468 27,486 27,612 30,031 39,702 41,418 54,972 59,553 60,062 79,404 82,836 90,093 119,106 120,124 178,659 180,186 238,212 270,279 357,318 360,372 390,403 540,558 714,636 780,806 810,837 1,081,116 1,171,209 1,561,612 1,621,674 2,342,418 3,243,348 3,513,627 4,684,836 7,027,254 10,540,881 14,054,508 21,081,762 and 42,163,524, with no remainder.

Since 42,163,524 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,163,524, 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).