Q: Is 42,138,488 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,138,488 is a composite number.

Why is 42,138,488 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 42,138,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 41 56 82 164 287 328 574 1,148 2,296 18,353 36,706 73,412 128,471 146,824 256,942 513,884 752,473 1,027,768 1,504,946 3,009,892 5,267,311 6,019,784 10,534,622 21,069,244 and 42,138,488, with no remainder.

Since 42,138,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,138,488, 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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