Q: Is 42,534,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,534,544 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 42,534,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 17 23 26 34 46 52 68 92 104 136 184 208 221 272 299 368 391 442 523 598 782 884 1,046 1,196 1,564 1,768 2,092 2,392 3,128 3,536 4,184 4,784 5,083 6,256 6,799 8,368 8,891 10,166 12,029 13,598 17,782 20,332 24,058 27,196 35,564 40,664 48,116 54,392 71,128 81,328 96,232 108,784 115,583 142,256 156,377 192,464 204,493 231,166 312,754 408,986 462,332 625,508 817,972 924,664 1,251,016 1,635,944 1,849,328 2,502,032 2,658,409 3,271,888 5,316,818 10,633,636 21,267,272 and 42,534,544, with no remainder.

Since 42,534,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,534,544, 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).