Q: Is 42,203,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,203,252 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 42,203,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 13 14 23 26 28 46 52 71 91 92 142 161 182 284 299 322 364 497 598 644 923 994 1,196 1,633 1,846 1,988 2,093 3,266 3,692 4,186 5,041 6,461 6,532 8,372 10,082 11,431 12,922 20,164 21,229 22,862 25,844 35,287 42,458 45,724 65,533 70,574 84,916 115,943 131,066 141,148 148,603 231,886 262,132 297,206 458,731 463,772 594,412 811,601 917,462 1,507,259 1,623,202 1,834,924 3,014,518 3,246,404 6,029,036 10,550,813 21,101,626 and 42,203,252, with no remainder.

Since 42,203,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,203,252, 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).