Q: Is 42,258,249 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,258,249 is a composite number.

Why is 42,258,249 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 42,258,249 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 29 33 41 87 99 123 261 319 359 369 451 957 1,077 1,189 1,353 2,871 3,231 3,567 3,949 4,059 10,411 10,701 11,847 13,079 14,719 31,233 35,541 39,237 44,157 93,699 114,521 117,711 132,471 161,909 343,563 426,851 485,727 1,030,689 1,280,553 1,457,181 3,841,659 4,695,361 14,086,083 and 42,258,249, with no remainder.

Since 42,258,249 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,258,249, 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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