Q: Is 84,555,042 a Composite Number?

Why is 84,555,042 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 84,555,042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 17 22 26 31 33 34 39 51 62 66 78 93 102 121 143 186 187 221 242 286 289 341 363 374 403 429 442 527 561 578 663 682 726 806 858 867 1,023 1,054 1,122 1,209 1,326 1,573 1,581 1,734 2,046 2,057 2,418 2,431 3,146 3,162 3,179 3,751 3,757 4,114 4,433 4,719 4,862 5,797 6,171 6,358 6,851 7,293 7,502 7,514 8,866 8,959 9,438 9,537 11,253 11,271 11,594 12,342 13,299 13,702 14,586 17,391 17,918 19,074 20,553 22,506 22,542 26,598 26,741 26,877 34,782 34,969 41,106 41,327 48,763 53,482 53,754 63,767 69,938 75,361 80,223 82,654 97,526 98,549 104,907 116,467 123,981 127,534 146,289 150,722 160,446 191,301 197,098 209,814 226,083 232,934 247,962 292,578 295,647 349,401 382,602 452,166 454,597 591,294 698,802 828,971 909,194 1,084,039 1,281,137 1,363,791 1,657,942 2,168,078 2,486,913 2,562,274 2,727,582 3,252,117 3,843,411 4,973,826 6,504,234 7,686,822 14,092,507 28,185,014 42,277,521 and 84,555,042, with no remainder.

Since 84,555,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 84,555,042, 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).