Q: Is 42,313,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,313,040 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 42,313,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 80 88 110 112 140 154 176 220 280 308 385 440 560 616 770 880 1,232 1,540 3,080 6,160 6,869 13,738 27,476 34,345 48,083 54,952 68,690 75,559 96,166 109,904 137,380 151,118 192,332 240,415 274,760 302,236 377,795 384,664 480,830 528,913 549,520 604,472 755,590 769,328 961,660 1,057,826 1,208,944 1,511,180 1,923,320 2,115,652 2,644,565 3,022,360 3,846,640 4,231,304 5,289,130 6,044,720 8,462,608 10,578,260 21,156,520 and 42,313,040, with no remainder.

Since 42,313,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,313,040, 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).