Q: Is 42,587,352 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,587,352 is a composite number.

Why is 42,587,352 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 42,587,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 36 46 69 72 92 138 184 207 276 414 552 828 1,656 25,717 51,434 77,151 102,868 154,302 205,736 231,453 308,604 462,906 591,491 617,208 925,812 1,182,982 1,774,473 1,851,624 2,365,964 3,548,946 4,731,928 5,323,419 7,097,892 10,646,838 14,195,784 21,293,676 and 42,587,352, with no remainder.

Since 42,587,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,587,352, 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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