Q: Is 42,660,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,660,240 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 42,660,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 56 60 67 70 80 84 105 112 120 134 140 168 201 210 240 268 280 335 336 379 402 420 469 536 560 670 758 804 840 938 1,005 1,072 1,137 1,340 1,407 1,516 1,608 1,680 1,876 1,895 2,010 2,274 2,345 2,653 2,680 2,814 3,032 3,216 3,752 3,790 4,020 4,548 4,690 5,306 5,360 5,628 5,685 6,064 7,035 7,504 7,580 7,959 8,040 9,096 9,380 10,612 11,256 11,370 13,265 14,070 15,160 15,918 16,080 18,192 18,760 21,224 22,512 22,740 25,393 26,530 28,140 30,320 31,836 37,520 39,795 42,448 45,480 50,786 53,060 56,280 63,672 76,179 79,590 90,960 101,572 106,120 112,560 126,965 127,344 152,358 159,180 177,751 203,144 212,240 253,930 304,716 318,360 355,502 380,895 406,288 507,860 533,253 609,432 636,720 711,004 761,790 888,755 1,015,720 1,066,506 1,218,864 1,422,008 1,523,580 1,777,510 2,031,440 2,133,012 2,666,265 2,844,016 3,047,160 3,555,020 4,266,024 5,332,530 6,094,320 7,110,040 8,532,048 10,665,060 14,220,080 21,330,120 and 42,660,240, with no remainder.

Since 42,660,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,660,240, 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).