Q: Is 42,008,655 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,008,655 is a composite number.

Why is 42,008,655 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 42,008,655 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 13 15 39 65 195 367 587 1,101 1,761 1,835 2,935 4,771 5,505 7,631 8,805 14,313 22,893 23,855 38,155 71,565 114,465 215,429 646,287 1,077,145 2,800,577 3,231,435 8,401,731 14,002,885 and 42,008,655, with no remainder.

Since 42,008,655 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,008,655, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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