Q: Is 42,212,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,212,544 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 42,212,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 23 24 32 33 44 46 48 64 66 69 79 88 92 96 121 132 138 158 176 184 192 237 242 253 264 276 316 352 363 368 474 484 506 528 552 632 704 726 736 759 869 948 968 1,012 1,056 1,104 1,264 1,452 1,472 1,518 1,738 1,817 1,896 1,936 2,024 2,112 2,208 2,528 2,607 2,783 2,904 3,036 3,476 3,634 3,792 3,872 4,048 4,416 5,056 5,214 5,451 5,566 5,808 6,072 6,952 7,268 7,584 7,744 8,096 8,349 9,559 10,428 10,902 11,132 11,616 12,144 13,904 14,536 15,168 16,192 16,698 19,118 19,987 20,856 21,804 22,264 23,232 24,288 27,808 28,677 29,072 33,396 38,236 39,974 41,712 43,608 44,528 48,576 55,616 57,354 58,144 59,961 66,792 76,472 79,948 83,424 87,216 89,056 114,708 116,288 119,922 133,584 152,944 159,896 166,848 174,432 178,112 219,857 229,416 239,844 267,168 305,888 319,792 348,864 439,714 458,832 479,688 534,336 611,776 639,584 659,571 879,428 917,664 959,376 1,279,168 1,319,142 1,758,856 1,835,328 1,918,752 2,638,284 3,517,712 3,837,504 5,276,568 7,035,424 10,553,136 14,070,848 21,106,272 and 42,212,544, with no remainder.

Since 42,212,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,212,544, 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).