Q: Is 42,268,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,268,770 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 42,268,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 45 54 89 90 135 178 267 270 445 534 801 890 1,335 1,602 1,759 2,403 2,670 3,518 4,005 4,806 5,277 8,010 8,795 10,554 12,015 15,831 17,590 24,030 26,385 31,662 47,493 52,770 79,155 94,986 156,551 158,310 237,465 313,102 469,653 474,930 782,755 939,306 1,408,959 1,565,510 2,348,265 2,817,918 4,226,877 4,696,530 7,044,795 8,453,754 14,089,590 21,134,385 and 42,268,770, with no remainder.

Since 42,268,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,268,770, 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).