Q: Is 42,217,616 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,217,616 is a composite number.

Why is 42,217,616 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 42,217,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 49 56 98 112 196 392 784 53,849 107,698 215,396 376,943 430,792 753,886 861,584 1,507,772 2,638,601 3,015,544 5,277,202 6,031,088 10,554,404 21,108,808 and 42,217,616, with no remainder.

Since 42,217,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,217,616, 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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