Q: Is 42,485,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,485,040 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 42,485,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 24 26 27 30 34 36 39 40 45 48 51 52 54 60 65 68 72 78 80 85 89 90 102 104 108 117 120 130 135 136 144 153 156 170 178 180 195 204 208 216 221 234 240 255 260 267 270 272 306 312 340 351 356 360 390 408 432 442 445 459 468 510 520 534 540 585 612 624 663 680 702 712 720 765 780 801 816 884 890 918 936 1,020 1,040 1,068 1,080 1,105 1,157 1,170 1,224 1,326 1,335 1,360 1,404 1,424 1,513 1,530 1,560 1,602 1,755 1,768 1,780 1,836 1,872 1,989 2,040 2,136 2,160 2,210 2,295 2,314 2,340 2,403 2,448 2,652 2,670 2,808 3,026 3,060 3,120 3,204 3,315 3,471 3,510 3,536 3,560 3,672 3,978 4,005 4,080 4,272 4,420 4,539 4,590 4,628 4,680 4,806 5,304 5,340 5,616 5,785 5,967 6,052 6,120 6,408 6,630 6,942 7,020 7,120 7,344 7,565 7,956 8,010 8,840 9,078 9,180 9,256 9,360 9,612 9,945 10,413 10,608 10,680 11,570 11,934 12,015 12,104 12,240 12,816 13,260 13,617 13,884 14,040 15,130 15,912 16,020 17,355 17,680 18,156 18,360 18,512 19,224 19,669 19,890 20,826 21,360 22,695 23,140 23,868 24,030 24,208 26,520 27,234 27,768 28,080 29,835 30,260 31,239 31,824 32,040 34,710 36,312 36,720 38,448 39,338 39,780 40,851 41,652 45,390 46,280 47,736 48,060 52,065 53,040 54,468 55,536 59,007 59,670 60,520 62,478 64,080 68,085 69,420 72,624 78,676 79,560 81,702 83,304 90,780 92,560 95,472 96,120 98,345 104,130 108,936 118,014 119,340 121,040 124,956 136,170 138,840 156,195 157,352 159,120 163,404 166,608 177,021 181,560 192,240 196,690 204,255 208,260 217,872 236,028 238,680 249,912 272,340 277,680 295,035 312,390 314,704 326,808 354,042 363,120 393,380 408,510 416,520 472,056 477,360 499,824 531,063 544,680 590,070 624,780 653,616 708,084 786,760 817,020 833,040 885,105 944,112 1,062,126 1,089,360 1,180,140 1,249,560 1,416,168 1,573,520 1,634,040 1,770,210 2,124,252 2,360,280 2,499,120 2,655,315 2,832,336 3,268,080 3,540,420 4,248,504 4,720,560 5,310,630 7,080,840 8,497,008 10,621,260 14,161,680 21,242,520 and 42,485,040, with no remainder.

Since 42,485,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,485,040, 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).