Q: Is 42,230,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,230,232 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 42,230,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 66 71 72 88 99 132 142 198 213 264 284 396 426 568 639 751 781 792 852 1,278 1,502 1,562 1,704 2,253 2,343 2,556 3,004 3,124 4,506 4,686 5,112 6,008 6,248 6,759 7,029 8,261 9,012 9,372 13,518 14,058 16,522 18,024 18,744 24,783 27,036 28,116 33,044 49,566 53,321 54,072 56,232 66,088 74,349 99,132 106,642 148,698 159,963 198,264 213,284 297,396 319,926 426,568 479,889 586,531 594,792 639,852 959,778 1,173,062 1,279,704 1,759,593 1,919,556 2,346,124 3,519,186 3,839,112 4,692,248 5,278,779 7,038,372 10,557,558 14,076,744 21,115,116 and 42,230,232, with no remainder.

Since 42,230,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,230,232, 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).