Q: Is 42,555,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,555,744 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 42,555,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 19 21 22 24 28 32 33 36 38 42 44 48 56 57 63 66 72 76 77 84 88 96 99 101 112 114 126 132 133 144 152 154 168 171 176 198 202 209 224 228 231 252 264 266 288 303 304 308 336 342 352 396 399 404 418 456 462 504 528 532 606 608 616 627 672 684 693 707 792 798 808 836 909 912 924 1,008 1,056 1,064 1,111 1,197 1,212 1,232 1,254 1,368 1,386 1,414 1,463 1,584 1,596 1,616 1,672 1,818 1,824 1,848 1,881 1,919 2,016 2,121 2,128 2,222 2,394 2,424 2,464 2,508 2,736 2,772 2,828 2,926 3,168 3,192 3,232 3,333 3,344 3,636 3,696 3,762 3,838 4,242 4,256 4,389 4,444 4,788 4,848 5,016 5,472 5,544 5,656 5,757 5,852 6,363 6,384 6,666 6,688 7,272 7,392 7,524 7,676 7,777 8,484 8,778 8,888 9,576 9,696 9,999 10,032 11,088 11,312 11,514 11,704 12,726 12,768 13,167 13,332 13,433 14,544 15,048 15,352 15,554 16,968 17,271 17,556 17,776 19,152 19,998 20,064 21,109 22,176 22,624 23,028 23,331 23,408 25,452 26,334 26,664 26,866 29,088 30,096 30,704 31,108 33,936 34,542 35,112 35,552 38,304 39,996 40,299 42,218 46,056 46,662 46,816 50,904 52,668 53,328 53,732 60,192 61,408 62,216 63,327 67,872 69,084 69,993 70,224 79,992 80,598 84,436 92,112 93,324 101,808 105,336 106,656 107,464 120,897 124,432 126,654 138,168 139,986 140,448 147,763 159,984 161,196 168,872 184,224 186,648 189,981 203,616 210,672 214,928 241,794 248,864 253,308 276,336 279,972 295,526 319,968 322,392 337,744 373,296 379,962 421,344 429,856 443,289 483,588 506,616 552,672 559,944 591,052 644,784 675,488 746,592 759,924 886,578 967,176 1,013,232 1,119,888 1,182,104 1,289,568 1,329,867 1,519,848 1,773,156 1,934,352 2,026,464 2,239,776 2,364,208 2,659,734 3,039,696 3,546,312 3,868,704 4,728,416 5,319,468 6,079,392 7,092,624 10,638,936 14,185,248 21,277,872 and 42,555,744, with no remainder.

Since 42,555,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,555,744, 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).