Q: Is 42,220,404 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,220,404 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 42,220,404 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 37 58 74 87 111 116 148 174 222 261 333 348 444 522 666 1,044 1,073 1,093 1,332 2,146 2,186 3,219 3,279 4,292 4,372 6,438 6,558 9,657 9,837 12,876 13,116 19,314 19,674 31,697 38,628 39,348 40,441 63,394 80,882 95,091 121,323 126,788 161,764 190,182 242,646 285,273 363,969 380,364 485,292 570,546 727,938 1,141,092 1,172,789 1,455,876 2,345,578 3,518,367 4,691,156 7,036,734 10,555,101 14,073,468 21,110,202 and 42,220,404, with no remainder.

Since 42,220,404 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,220,404, 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).