Q: Is 42,501,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,501,600 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 42,501,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 45 48 50 60 72 75 80 90 96 100 120 144 150 160 180 200 225 240 288 300 360 400 450 480 600 720 800 900 1,200 1,440 1,800 2,400 3,600 5,903 7,200 11,806 17,709 23,612 29,515 35,418 47,224 53,127 59,030 70,836 88,545 94,448 106,254 118,060 141,672 147,575 177,090 188,896 212,508 236,120 265,635 283,344 295,150 354,180 425,016 442,725 472,240 531,270 566,688 590,300 708,360 850,032 885,450 944,480 1,062,540 1,180,600 1,328,175 1,416,720 1,700,064 1,770,900 2,125,080 2,361,200 2,656,350 2,833,440 3,541,800 4,250,160 4,722,400 5,312,700 7,083,600 8,500,320 10,625,400 14,167,200 21,250,800 and 42,501,600, with no remainder.

Since 42,501,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,501,600, 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).