Q: Is 42,212,500 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,212,500 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 42,212,500 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 25 44 50 55 100 110 125 220 250 275 307 500 550 614 625 1,100 1,228 1,250 1,375 1,535 2,500 2,750 3,070 3,125 3,377 5,500 6,140 6,250 6,754 6,875 7,675 12,500 13,508 13,750 15,350 16,885 27,500 30,700 33,770 34,375 38,375 67,540 68,750 76,750 84,425 137,500 153,500 168,850 191,875 337,700 383,750 422,125 767,500 844,250 959,375 1,688,500 1,918,750 2,110,625 3,837,500 4,221,250 8,442,500 10,553,125 21,106,250 and 42,212,500, with no remainder.

Since 42,212,500 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,212,500, 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).