Q: Is 42,226,184 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,226,184 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 42,226,184 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 56 77 88 91 104 143 154 182 286 308 364 572 616 728 1,001 1,144 2,002 4,004 5,273 8,008 10,546 21,092 36,911 42,184 58,003 68,549 73,822 116,006 137,098 147,644 232,012 274,196 295,288 406,021 464,024 479,843 548,392 754,039 812,042 959,686 1,508,078 1,624,084 1,919,372 3,016,156 3,248,168 3,838,744 5,278,273 6,032,312 10,556,546 21,113,092 and 42,226,184, with no remainder.

Since 42,226,184 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,226,184, 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).