Q: Is 42,232,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,232,260 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 42,232,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 60 70 84 105 140 193 210 386 420 521 579 772 965 1,042 1,158 1,351 1,563 1,930 2,084 2,316 2,605 2,702 2,895 3,126 3,647 3,860 4,053 5,210 5,404 5,790 6,252 6,755 7,294 7,815 8,106 10,420 10,941 11,580 13,510 14,588 15,630 16,212 18,235 20,265 21,882 27,020 31,260 36,470 40,530 43,764 54,705 72,940 81,060 100,553 109,410 201,106 218,820 301,659 402,212 502,765 603,318 703,871 1,005,530 1,206,636 1,407,742 1,508,295 2,011,060 2,111,613 2,815,484 3,016,590 3,519,355 4,223,226 6,033,180 7,038,710 8,446,452 10,558,065 14,077,420 21,116,130 and 42,232,260, with no remainder.

Since 42,232,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,232,260, 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).