Q: Is 42,302,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,302,840 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 42,302,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 37 40 74 101 148 185 202 283 296 370 404 505 566 740 808 1,010 1,132 1,415 1,480 2,020 2,264 2,830 3,737 4,040 5,660 7,474 10,471 11,320 14,948 18,685 20,942 28,583 29,896 37,370 41,884 52,355 57,166 74,740 83,768 104,710 114,332 142,915 149,480 209,420 228,664 285,830 418,840 571,660 1,057,571 1,143,320 2,115,142 4,230,284 5,287,855 8,460,568 10,575,710 21,151,420 and 42,302,840, with no remainder.

Since 42,302,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,302,840, 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).