Q: Is 42,402,234 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,402,234 is a composite number.

Why is 42,402,234 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 42,402,234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 29 31 42 58 62 87 93 174 186 203 217 406 434 609 651 899 1,123 1,218 1,302 1,798 2,246 2,697 3,369 5,394 6,293 6,738 7,861 12,586 15,722 18,879 23,583 32,567 34,813 37,758 47,166 65,134 69,626 97,701 104,439 195,402 208,878 227,969 243,691 455,938 487,382 683,907 731,073 1,009,577 1,367,814 1,462,146 2,019,154 3,028,731 6,057,462 7,067,039 14,134,078 21,201,117 and 42,402,234, with no remainder.

Since 42,402,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,402,234, 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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