Q: Is 42,420,144 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,420,144 is a composite number.

Why is 42,420,144 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 42,420,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 78 104 156 157 208 312 314 433 471 624 628 866 942 1,256 1,299 1,732 1,884 2,041 2,512 2,598 3,464 3,768 4,082 5,196 5,629 6,123 6,928 7,536 8,164 10,392 11,258 12,246 16,328 16,887 20,784 22,516 24,492 32,656 33,774 45,032 48,984 67,548 67,981 90,064 97,968 135,096 135,962 203,943 270,192 271,924 407,886 543,848 815,772 883,753 1,087,696 1,631,544 1,767,506 2,651,259 3,263,088 3,535,012 5,302,518 7,070,024 10,605,036 14,140,048 21,210,072 and 42,420,144, with no remainder.

Since 42,420,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,420,144, 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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