Q: Is 42,202,482 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,202,482 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 42,202,482 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 29 42 58 87 174 203 406 609 1,218 34,649 69,298 103,947 207,894 242,543 485,086 727,629 1,004,821 1,455,258 2,009,642 3,014,463 6,028,926 7,033,747 14,067,494 21,101,241 and 42,202,482, with no remainder.

Since 42,202,482 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,202,482, 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).