Q: Is 42,504,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,504,120 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 42,504,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 37 40 45 60 72 74 90 111 120 148 180 185 222 296 333 360 370 444 555 666 740 888 1,110 1,332 1,480 1,665 2,220 2,664 3,191 3,330 4,440 6,382 6,660 9,573 12,764 13,320 15,955 19,146 25,528 28,719 31,910 38,292 47,865 57,438 63,820 76,584 95,730 114,876 118,067 127,640 143,595 191,460 229,752 236,134 287,190 354,201 382,920 472,268 574,380 590,335 708,402 944,536 1,062,603 1,148,760 1,180,670 1,416,804 1,771,005 2,125,206 2,361,340 2,833,608 3,542,010 4,250,412 4,722,680 5,313,015 7,084,020 8,500,824 10,626,030 14,168,040 21,252,060 and 42,504,120, with no remainder.

Since 42,504,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,504,120, 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).