Q: Is 42,707,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,707,600 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 42,707,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 25 26 40 43 50 52 65 80 86 100 104 130 172 191 200 208 215 260 325 344 382 400 430 520 559 650 688 764 860 955 1,040 1,075 1,118 1,300 1,528 1,720 1,910 2,150 2,236 2,483 2,600 2,795 3,056 3,440 3,820 4,300 4,472 4,775 4,966 5,200 5,590 7,640 8,213 8,600 8,944 9,550 9,932 11,180 12,415 13,975 15,280 16,426 17,200 19,100 19,864 22,360 24,830 27,950 32,852 38,200 39,728 41,065 44,720 49,660 55,900 62,075 65,704 76,400 82,130 99,320 106,769 111,800 124,150 131,408 164,260 198,640 205,325 213,538 223,600 248,300 328,520 410,650 427,076 496,600 533,845 657,040 821,300 854,152 993,200 1,067,690 1,642,600 1,708,304 2,135,380 2,669,225 3,285,200 4,270,760 5,338,450 8,541,520 10,676,900 21,353,800 and 42,707,600, with no remainder.

Since 42,707,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,707,600, 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).