Q: Is 42,324,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,324,432 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 42,324,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 503 1,006 1,509 1,753 2,012 3,018 3,506 4,024 5,259 6,036 7,012 8,048 10,518 12,072 14,024 21,036 24,144 28,048 42,072 84,144 881,759 1,763,518 2,645,277 3,527,036 5,290,554 7,054,072 10,581,108 14,108,144 21,162,216 and 42,324,432, with no remainder.

Since 42,324,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,324,432, 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).