Q: Is 42,201,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,201,522 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 42,201,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 66 99 198 213,139 426,278 639,417 1,278,834 1,918,251 2,344,529 3,836,502 4,689,058 7,033,587 14,067,174 21,100,761 and 42,201,522, with no remainder.

Since 42,201,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,201,522, 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).