Q: Is 42,252,210 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,252,210 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 42,252,210 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 13 14 15 18 21 22 26 30 33 35 39 42 45 49 55 63 65 66 67 70 77 78 90 91 98 99 105 110 117 126 130 134 143 147 154 165 182 195 198 201 210 231 234 245 273 286 294 315 330 335 385 390 402 429 441 455 462 469 490 495 539 546 585 603 630 637 670 693 715 735 737 770 819 858 871 882 910 938 990 1,001 1,005 1,078 1,155 1,170 1,206 1,274 1,287 1,365 1,386 1,407 1,430 1,470 1,474 1,617 1,638 1,742 1,911 2,002 2,010 2,145 2,205 2,211 2,310 2,345 2,574 2,613 2,695 2,730 2,814 3,003 3,015 3,185 3,234 3,283 3,465 3,685 3,822 4,095 4,221 4,290 4,355 4,410 4,422 4,690 4,851 5,005 5,159 5,226 5,390 5,733 6,006 6,030 6,097 6,370 6,435 6,566 6,633 6,930 7,007 7,035 7,370 7,839 8,085 8,190 8,442 8,710 9,009 9,555 9,581 9,702 9,849 10,010 10,318 11,055 11,466 12,194 12,870 13,065 13,266 14,014 14,070 15,015 15,477 15,678 16,170 16,415 18,018 18,291 19,110 19,162 19,698 21,021 21,105 22,110 24,255 25,795 26,130 28,665 28,743 29,547 30,030 30,485 30,954 32,830 33,165 35,035 36,113 36,582 39,195 42,042 42,210 42,679 45,045 46,431 47,905 48,510 49,245 51,590 54,873 57,330 57,486 59,094 60,970 63,063 66,330 67,067 70,070 72,226 77,385 78,390 85,358 86,229 90,090 91,455 92,862 95,810 98,490 105,105 108,339 109,746 126,126 128,037 134,134 143,715 147,735 154,770 172,458 180,565 182,910 201,201 210,210 213,395 216,678 232,155 256,074 274,365 287,430 295,470 315,315 325,017 335,335 361,130 384,111 402,402 426,790 431,145 464,310 469,469 541,695 548,730 603,603 630,630 640,185 650,034 670,670 768,222 862,290 938,938 1,006,005 1,083,390 1,207,206 1,280,370 1,408,407 1,625,085 1,920,555 2,012,010 2,347,345 2,816,814 3,018,015 3,250,170 3,841,110 4,225,221 4,694,690 6,036,030 7,042,035 8,450,442 14,084,070 21,126,105 and 42,252,210, with no remainder.

Since 42,252,210 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,252,210, 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).