Q: Is 42,401,232 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,401,232 is a composite number.

Why is 42,401,232 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 42,401,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 81 108 144 162 216 324 432 648 1,296 32,717 65,434 98,151 130,868 196,302 261,736 294,453 392,604 523,472 588,906 785,208 883,359 1,177,812 1,570,416 1,766,718 2,355,624 2,650,077 3,533,436 4,711,248 5,300,154 7,066,872 10,600,308 14,133,744 21,200,616 and 42,401,232, with no remainder.

Since 42,401,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,401,232, 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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