Q: Is 42,221,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,221,232 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 42,221,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 101 144 202 303 404 606 808 909 1,212 1,616 1,818 2,424 2,903 3,636 4,848 5,806 7,272 8,709 11,612 14,544 17,418 23,224 26,127 34,836 46,448 52,254 69,672 104,508 139,344 209,016 293,203 418,032 586,406 879,609 1,172,812 1,759,218 2,345,624 2,638,827 3,518,436 4,691,248 5,277,654 7,036,872 10,555,308 14,073,744 21,110,616 and 42,221,232, with no remainder.

Since 42,221,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,221,232, 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).