Q: Is 42,420,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,420,540 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 42,420,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 19 20 30 38 57 60 76 95 114 127 190 228 254 285 293 380 381 508 570 586 635 762 879 1,140 1,172 1,270 1,465 1,524 1,758 1,905 2,413 2,540 2,930 3,516 3,810 4,395 4,826 5,567 5,860 7,239 7,620 8,790 9,652 11,134 12,065 14,478 16,701 17,580 22,268 24,130 27,835 28,956 33,402 36,195 37,211 48,260 55,670 66,804 72,390 74,422 83,505 111,340 111,633 144,780 148,844 167,010 186,055 223,266 334,020 372,110 446,532 558,165 707,009 744,220 1,116,330 1,414,018 2,121,027 2,232,660 2,828,036 3,535,045 4,242,054 7,070,090 8,484,108 10,605,135 14,140,180 21,210,270 and 42,420,540, with no remainder.

Since 42,420,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,420,540, 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).