Q: Is 42,138,504 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,138,504 is a composite number.

Why is 42,138,504 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 42,138,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 57 72 76 114 152 171 228 342 456 684 1,368 30,803 61,606 92,409 123,212 184,818 246,424 277,227 369,636 554,454 585,257 739,272 1,108,908 1,170,514 1,755,771 2,217,816 2,341,028 3,511,542 4,682,056 5,267,313 7,023,084 10,534,626 14,046,168 21,069,252 and 42,138,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,138,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,138,504, 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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