Q: Is 42,201,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,201,408 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 42,201,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 192 219,799 439,598 659,397 879,196 1,318,794 1,758,392 2,637,588 3,516,784 5,275,176 7,033,568 10,550,352 14,067,136 21,100,704 and 42,201,408, with no remainder.

Since 42,201,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,201,408, 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).