Q: Is 42,201,412 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,201,412 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 42,201,412 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 17 22 23 34 44 46 68 92 121 187 223 242 253 374 391 446 484 506 748 782 892 1,012 1,564 2,057 2,453 2,783 3,791 4,114 4,301 4,906 5,129 5,566 7,582 8,228 8,602 9,812 10,258 11,132 15,164 17,204 20,516 26,983 41,701 47,311 53,966 56,419 83,402 87,193 94,622 107,932 112,838 166,804 174,386 189,244 225,676 348,772 458,711 620,609 917,422 959,123 1,241,218 1,834,844 1,918,246 2,482,436 3,836,492 10,550,353 21,100,706 and 42,201,412, with no remainder.

Since 42,201,412 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,201,412, 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).