Q: Is 42,975,207 a Composite Number?

Why is 42,975,207 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 42,975,207 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 19 31 33 57 67 93 99 121 171 201 209 279 341 363 589 603 627 737 1,023 1,089 1,273 1,767 1,881 2,077 2,211 2,299 3,069 3,751 3,819 5,301 6,231 6,479 6,633 6,897 8,107 11,253 11,457 14,003 18,693 19,437 20,691 22,847 24,321 33,759 39,463 42,009 58,311 68,541 71,269 72,963 118,389 126,027 154,033 205,623 213,807 251,317 355,167 434,093 462,099 641,421 753,951 1,302,279 1,386,297 2,261,853 3,906,837 4,775,023 14,325,069 and 42,975,207, with no remainder.

Since 42,975,207 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,975,207, 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).