Q: Is 42,729,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,729,600 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 42,729,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 128 150 160 192 200 240 300 320 384 400 480 600 640 800 960 1,200 1,600 1,920 2,400 3,200 4,451 4,800 8,902 9,600 13,353 17,804 22,255 26,706 35,608 44,510 53,412 66,765 71,216 89,020 106,824 111,275 133,530 142,432 178,040 213,648 222,550 267,060 284,864 333,825 356,080 427,296 445,100 534,120 569,728 667,650 712,160 854,592 890,200 1,068,240 1,335,300 1,424,320 1,709,184 1,780,400 2,136,480 2,670,600 2,848,640 3,560,800 4,272,960 5,341,200 7,121,600 8,545,920 10,682,400 14,243,200 21,364,800 and 42,729,600, with no remainder.

Since 42,729,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,729,600, 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).