Q: Is 42,202,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,202,116 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 42,202,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 19 22 33 36 38 44 57 66 71 76 79 99 114 132 142 158 171 198 209 213 228 237 284 316 342 396 418 426 474 627 639 684 711 781 836 852 869 948 1,254 1,278 1,349 1,422 1,501 1,562 1,738 1,881 2,343 2,508 2,556 2,607 2,698 2,844 3,002 3,124 3,476 3,762 4,047 4,503 4,686 5,214 5,396 5,609 6,004 7,029 7,524 7,821 8,094 9,006 9,372 10,428 11,218 12,141 13,509 14,058 14,839 15,642 16,188 16,511 16,827 18,012 22,436 24,282 27,018 28,116 29,678 31,284 33,022 33,654 44,517 48,564 49,533 50,481 54,036 59,356 61,699 66,044 67,308 89,034 99,066 100,962 106,571 123,398 133,551 148,599 178,068 185,097 198,132 201,924 213,142 246,796 267,102 297,198 319,713 370,194 426,284 534,204 555,291 594,396 639,426 740,388 959,139 1,110,582 1,172,281 1,278,852 1,918,278 2,221,164 2,344,562 3,516,843 3,836,556 4,689,124 7,033,686 10,550,529 14,067,372 21,101,058 and 42,202,116, with no remainder.

Since 42,202,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,202,116, 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).