Q: Is 42,320,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,320,000 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 42,320,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 23 25 32 40 46 50 64 80 92 100 115 125 128 160 184 200 230 250 320 368 400 460 500 529 575 625 640 736 800 920 1,000 1,058 1,150 1,250 1,472 1,600 1,840 2,000 2,116 2,300 2,500 2,645 2,875 2,944 3,200 3,680 4,000 4,232 4,600 5,000 5,290 5,750 7,360 8,000 8,464 9,200 10,000 10,580 11,500 13,225 14,375 14,720 16,000 16,928 18,400 20,000 21,160 23,000 26,450 28,750 33,856 36,800 40,000 42,320 46,000 52,900 57,500 66,125 67,712 73,600 80,000 84,640 92,000 105,800 115,000 132,250 169,280 184,000 211,600 230,000 264,500 330,625 338,560 368,000 423,200 460,000 529,000 661,250 846,400 920,000 1,058,000 1,322,500 1,692,800 1,840,000 2,116,000 2,645,000 4,232,000 5,290,000 8,464,000 10,580,000 21,160,000 and 42,320,000, with no remainder.

Since 42,320,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,320,000, 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).