Q: Is 42,254,424 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,254,424 is a composite number.

Why is 42,254,424 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 42,254,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 127 254 381 508 762 1,016 1,143 1,524 2,286 3,048 4,572 4,621 9,144 9,242 13,863 18,484 27,726 36,968 41,589 55,452 83,178 110,904 166,356 332,712 586,867 1,173,734 1,760,601 2,347,468 3,521,202 4,694,936 5,281,803 7,042,404 10,563,606 14,084,808 21,127,212 and 42,254,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,254,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,254,424, 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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