Q: Is 42,623,964 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,623,964 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 42,623,964 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 34 36 51 68 102 153 204 257 271 306 514 542 612 771 813 1,028 1,084 1,542 1,626 2,313 2,439 3,084 3,252 4,369 4,607 4,626 4,878 8,738 9,214 9,252 9,756 13,107 13,821 17,476 18,428 26,214 27,642 39,321 41,463 52,428 55,284 69,647 78,642 82,926 139,294 157,284 165,852 208,941 278,588 417,882 626,823 835,764 1,183,999 1,253,646 2,367,998 2,507,292 3,551,997 4,735,996 7,103,994 10,655,991 14,207,988 21,311,982 and 42,623,964, with no remainder.

Since 42,623,964 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,623,964, 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).