Q: Is 42,553,908 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,553,908 is a composite number.

Why is 42,553,908 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 42,553,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 157 314 471 628 942 1,413 1,884 2,826 5,652 7,529 15,058 22,587 30,116 45,174 67,761 90,348 135,522 271,044 1,182,053 2,364,106 3,546,159 4,728,212 7,092,318 10,638,477 14,184,636 21,276,954 and 42,553,908, with no remainder.

Since 42,553,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,553,908, 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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