Q: Is 42,887,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,887,520 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 42,887,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 18 20 24 26 29 30 32 36 39 40 45 48 52 58 60 65 72 78 79 80 87 90 96 104 116 117 120 130 144 145 156 158 160 174 180 195 208 232 234 237 240 260 261 288 290 312 316 348 360 377 390 395 416 435 464 468 474 480 520 522 580 585 624 632 696 711 720 754 780 790 870 928 936 948 1,027 1,040 1,044 1,131 1,160 1,170 1,185 1,248 1,264 1,305 1,392 1,422 1,440 1,508 1,560 1,580 1,740 1,872 1,885 1,896 2,054 2,080 2,088 2,262 2,291 2,320 2,340 2,370 2,528 2,610 2,784 2,844 3,016 3,081 3,120 3,160 3,393 3,480 3,555 3,744 3,770 3,792 4,108 4,176 4,524 4,582 4,640 4,680 4,740 5,135 5,220 5,655 5,688 6,032 6,162 6,240 6,320 6,786 6,873 6,960 7,110 7,540 7,584 8,216 8,352 9,048 9,164 9,243 9,360 9,480 10,270 10,440 11,310 11,376 11,455 12,064 12,324 12,640 13,572 13,746 13,920 14,220 15,080 15,405 16,432 16,965 18,096 18,328 18,486 18,720 18,960 20,540 20,619 20,880 22,620 22,752 22,910 24,648 27,144 27,492 28,440 29,783 30,160 30,810 32,864 33,930 34,365 36,192 36,656 36,972 37,920 41,080 41,238 41,760 45,240 45,820 46,215 49,296 54,288 54,984 56,880 59,566 60,320 61,620 67,860 68,730 73,312 73,944 82,160 82,476 89,349 90,480 91,640 92,430 98,592 103,095 108,576 109,968 113,760 119,132 123,240 135,720 137,460 147,888 148,915 164,320 164,952 178,698 180,960 183,280 184,860 206,190 219,936 238,264 246,480 268,047 271,440 274,920 295,776 297,830 329,904 357,396 366,560 369,720 412,380 446,745 476,528 492,960 536,094 542,880 549,840 595,660 659,808 714,792 739,440 824,760 893,490 953,056 1,072,188 1,099,680 1,191,320 1,340,235 1,429,584 1,478,880 1,649,520 1,786,980 2,144,376 2,382,640 2,680,470 2,859,168 3,299,040 3,573,960 4,288,752 4,765,280 5,360,940 7,147,920 8,577,504 10,721,880 14,295,840 21,443,760 and 42,887,520, with no remainder.

Since 42,887,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,887,520, 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).