Q: Is 42,457,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,457,324 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 42,457,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 13 14 19 26 28 38 49 52 76 91 98 133 182 196 247 266 364 494 532 637 877 931 988 1,274 1,729 1,754 1,862 2,548 3,458 3,508 3,724 6,139 6,916 11,401 12,103 12,278 16,663 22,802 24,206 24,556 33,326 42,973 45,604 48,412 66,652 79,807 85,946 116,641 159,614 171,892 216,619 233,282 319,228 433,238 466,564 558,649 816,487 866,476 1,117,298 1,516,333 1,632,974 2,234,596 3,032,666 3,265,948 6,065,332 10,614,331 21,228,662 and 42,457,324, with no remainder.

Since 42,457,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,457,324, 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).