Q: Is 42,313,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,313,344 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 42,313,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 101 128 192 202 303 384 404 606 808 1,091 1,212 1,616 2,182 2,424 3,232 3,273 4,364 4,848 6,464 6,546 8,728 9,696 12,928 13,092 17,456 19,392 26,184 34,912 38,784 52,368 69,824 104,736 110,191 139,648 209,472 220,382 330,573 418,944 440,764 661,146 881,528 1,322,292 1,763,056 2,644,584 3,526,112 5,289,168 7,052,224 10,578,336 14,104,448 21,156,672 and 42,313,344, with no remainder.

Since 42,313,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,313,344, 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).