Q: Is 42,879,300 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,879,300 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 42,879,300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 25 30 37 50 60 74 75 100 111 148 150 185 222 300 370 444 555 740 925 1,110 1,850 2,220 2,775 3,700 3,863 5,550 7,726 11,100 11,589 15,452 19,315 23,178 38,630 46,356 57,945 77,260 96,575 115,890 142,931 193,150 231,780 285,862 289,725 386,300 428,793 571,724 579,450 714,655 857,586 1,158,900 1,429,310 1,715,172 2,143,965 2,858,620 3,573,275 4,287,930 7,146,550 8,575,860 10,719,825 14,293,100 21,439,650 and 42,879,300, with no remainder.

Since 42,879,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,879,300, 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).