Q: Is 42,177,438 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,177,438 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 42,177,438 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 41 67 82 123 134 201 246 369 402 603 738 853 1,206 1,706 2,559 2,747 5,118 5,494 7,677 8,241 15,354 16,482 24,723 34,973 49,446 57,151 69,946 104,919 114,302 171,453 209,838 314,757 342,906 514,359 629,514 1,028,718 2,343,191 4,686,382 7,029,573 14,059,146 21,088,719 and 42,177,438, with no remainder.

Since 42,177,438 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,177,438, 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).