Q: Is 42,872,874 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,872,874 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 42,872,874 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 23 33 46 61 66 69 122 138 183 253 366 463 506 671 759 926 1,342 1,389 1,403 1,518 2,013 2,778 2,806 4,026 4,209 5,093 8,418 10,186 10,649 15,279 15,433 21,298 28,243 30,558 30,866 31,947 46,299 56,486 63,894 84,729 92,598 117,139 169,458 234,278 310,673 351,417 621,346 649,589 702,834 932,019 1,299,178 1,864,038 1,948,767 3,897,534 7,145,479 14,290,958 21,436,437 and 42,872,874, with no remainder.

Since 42,872,874 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,872,874, 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).