Q: Is 42,537,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,537,240 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 42,537,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 72 90 120 173 180 346 360 519 683 692 865 1,038 1,366 1,384 1,557 1,730 2,049 2,076 2,595 2,732 3,114 3,415 3,460 4,098 4,152 5,190 5,464 6,147 6,228 6,830 6,920 7,785 8,196 10,245 10,380 12,294 12,456 13,660 15,570 16,392 20,490 20,760 24,588 27,320 30,735 31,140 40,980 49,176 61,470 62,280 81,960 118,159 122,940 236,318 245,880 354,477 472,636 590,795 708,954 945,272 1,063,431 1,181,590 1,417,908 1,772,385 2,126,862 2,363,180 2,835,816 3,544,770 4,253,724 4,726,360 5,317,155 7,089,540 8,507,448 10,634,310 14,179,080 21,268,620 and 42,537,240, with no remainder.

Since 42,537,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,537,240, 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).