Q: Is 42,236,616 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,236,616 is a composite number.

Why is 42,236,616 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 42,236,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 631 1,262 1,893 2,524 2,789 3,786 5,048 5,578 7,572 8,367 11,156 15,144 16,734 22,312 33,468 66,936 1,759,859 3,519,718 5,279,577 7,039,436 10,559,154 14,078,872 21,118,308 and 42,236,616, with no remainder.

Since 42,236,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,236,616, 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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