Q: Is 42,406,488 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,406,488 is a composite number.

Why is 42,406,488 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 42,406,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 421 842 1,263 1,399 1,684 2,526 2,798 3,368 3,789 4,197 5,052 5,596 7,578 8,394 10,104 11,192 12,591 15,156 16,788 25,182 30,312 33,576 50,364 100,728 588,979 1,177,958 1,766,937 2,355,916 3,533,874 4,711,832 5,300,811 7,067,748 10,601,622 14,135,496 21,203,244 and 42,406,488, with no remainder.

Since 42,406,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,406,488, 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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