Q: Is 42,341,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,341,940 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 42,341,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 59 60 81 90 108 118 135 162 177 180 236 270 295 324 354 405 443 531 540 590 708 810 885 886 1,062 1,180 1,329 1,593 1,620 1,770 1,772 2,124 2,215 2,655 2,658 3,186 3,540 3,987 4,430 4,779 5,310 5,316 6,372 6,645 7,965 7,974 8,860 9,558 10,620 11,961 13,290 15,930 15,948 19,116 19,935 23,895 23,922 26,137 26,580 31,860 35,883 39,870 47,790 47,844 52,274 59,805 71,766 78,411 79,740 95,580 104,548 119,610 130,685 143,532 156,822 179,415 235,233 239,220 261,370 313,644 358,830 392,055 470,466 522,740 705,699 717,660 784,110 940,932 1,176,165 1,411,398 1,568,220 2,117,097 2,352,330 2,822,796 3,528,495 4,234,194 4,704,660 7,056,990 8,468,388 10,585,485 14,113,980 21,170,970 and 42,341,940, with no remainder.

Since 42,341,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,341,940, 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).