Q: Is 42,343,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,343,200 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 42,343,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 45 48 50 60 72 75 80 90 96 100 120 144 150 160 180 200 225 240 288 300 360 400 450 480 600 720 800 900 1,200 1,440 1,800 2,400 3,600 5,881 7,200 11,762 17,643 23,524 29,405 35,286 47,048 52,929 58,810 70,572 88,215 94,096 105,858 117,620 141,144 147,025 176,430 188,192 211,716 235,240 264,645 282,288 294,050 352,860 423,432 441,075 470,480 529,290 564,576 588,100 705,720 846,864 882,150 940,960 1,058,580 1,176,200 1,323,225 1,411,440 1,693,728 1,764,300 2,117,160 2,352,400 2,646,450 2,822,880 3,528,600 4,234,320 4,704,800 5,292,900 7,057,200 8,468,640 10,585,800 14,114,400 21,171,600 and 42,343,200, with no remainder.

Since 42,343,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,343,200, 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).