Q: Is 42,388,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,388,560 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 42,388,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 90 113 120 144 180 226 240 339 360 452 521 565 678 720 904 1,017 1,042 1,130 1,356 1,563 1,695 1,808 2,034 2,084 2,260 2,605 2,712 3,126 3,390 4,068 4,168 4,520 4,689 5,085 5,210 5,424 6,252 6,780 7,815 8,136 8,336 9,040 9,378 10,170 10,420 12,504 13,560 15,630 16,272 18,756 20,340 20,840 23,445 25,008 27,120 31,260 37,512 40,680 41,680 46,890 58,873 62,520 75,024 81,360 93,780 117,746 125,040 176,619 187,560 235,492 294,365 353,238 375,120 470,984 529,857 588,730 706,476 883,095 941,968 1,059,714 1,177,460 1,412,952 1,766,190 2,119,428 2,354,920 2,649,285 2,825,904 3,532,380 4,238,856 4,709,840 5,298,570 7,064,760 8,477,712 10,597,140 14,129,520 21,194,280 and 42,388,560, with no remainder.

Since 42,388,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,388,560, 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).