Q: Is 42,172,152 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,172,152 is a composite number.

Why is 42,172,152 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 42,172,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 31 33 44 62 66 88 93 124 132 186 248 264 341 372 682 744 1,023 1,364 2,046 2,728 4,092 5,153 8,184 10,306 15,459 20,612 30,918 41,224 56,683 61,836 113,366 123,672 159,743 170,049 226,732 319,486 340,098 453,464 479,229 638,972 680,196 958,458 1,277,944 1,360,392 1,757,173 1,916,916 3,514,346 3,833,832 5,271,519 7,028,692 10,543,038 14,057,384 21,086,076 and 42,172,152, with no remainder.

Since 42,172,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,172,152, 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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