Q: Is 42,201,676 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,201,676 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 42,201,676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 47 94 188 517 1,034 2,068 20,407 40,814 81,628 224,477 448,954 897,908 959,129 1,918,258 3,836,516 10,550,419 21,100,838 and 42,201,676, with no remainder.

Since 42,201,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,201,676, 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).