Q: Is 42,430,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,430,230 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 42,430,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 19 27 30 38 45 54 57 81 90 95 114 135 162 171 190 243 270 285 342 405 486 513 570 810 855 919 1,026 1,215 1,539 1,710 1,838 2,430 2,565 2,757 3,078 4,595 4,617 5,130 5,514 7,695 8,271 9,190 9,234 13,785 15,390 16,542 17,461 23,085 24,813 27,570 34,922 41,355 46,170 49,626 52,383 74,439 82,710 87,305 104,766 124,065 148,878 157,149 174,610 223,317 248,130 261,915 314,298 372,195 446,634 471,447 523,830 744,390 785,745 942,894 1,116,585 1,414,341 1,571,490 2,233,170 2,357,235 2,828,682 4,243,023 4,714,470 7,071,705 8,486,046 14,143,410 21,215,115 and 42,430,230, with no remainder.

Since 42,430,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,430,230, 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).