Q: Is 42,206,220 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,206,220 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 42,206,220 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 19 20 21 28 30 35 36 38 41 42 43 45 57 60 63 70 76 82 84 86 90 95 105 114 123 126 129 133 140 164 171 172 180 190 205 210 215 228 246 252 258 266 285 287 301 315 342 369 380 387 399 410 420 430 492 516 532 570 574 602 615 630 645 665 684 738 774 779 798 817 820 855 860 861 903 1,140 1,148 1,197 1,204 1,230 1,260 1,290 1,330 1,435 1,476 1,505 1,548 1,558 1,596 1,634 1,710 1,722 1,763 1,806 1,845 1,935 1,995 2,337 2,394 2,451 2,460 2,580 2,583 2,660 2,709 2,870 3,010 3,116 3,268 3,420 3,444 3,526 3,612 3,690 3,870 3,895 3,990 4,085 4,305 4,515 4,674 4,788 4,902 5,166 5,289 5,418 5,453 5,719 5,740 5,985 6,020 7,011 7,052 7,353 7,380 7,740 7,790 7,980 8,170 8,610 8,815 9,030 9,348 9,804 10,332 10,578 10,836 10,906 11,438 11,685 11,970 12,255 12,341 12,915 13,545 14,022 14,706 15,580 15,867 16,340 16,359 17,157 17,220 17,630 18,060 21,156 21,812 22,876 23,370 23,940 24,510 24,682 25,830 26,445 27,090 27,265 28,044 28,595 29,412 31,734 32,718 33,497 34,314 35,055 35,260 36,765 37,023 46,740 49,020 49,077 49,364 51,471 51,660 52,890 54,180 54,530 57,190 61,705 63,468 65,436 66,994 68,628 70,110 73,530 74,046 79,335 81,795 85,785 98,154 100,491 102,942 105,780 109,060 111,069 114,380 123,410 133,988 140,220 147,060 148,092 158,670 163,590 167,485 171,570 185,115 196,308 200,982 205,884 222,138 234,479 245,385 246,820 257,355 301,473 317,340 327,180 334,970 343,140 370,230 401,964 444,276 468,958 490,770 502,455 514,710 555,345 602,946 669,940 703,437 740,460 937,916 981,540 1,004,910 1,029,420 1,110,690 1,172,395 1,205,892 1,406,874 1,507,365 2,009,820 2,110,311 2,221,380 2,344,790 2,813,748 3,014,730 3,517,185 4,220,622 4,689,580 6,029,460 7,034,370 8,441,244 10,551,555 14,068,740 21,103,110 and 42,206,220, with no remainder.

Since 42,206,220 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,206,220, 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).