Q: Is 42,587,672 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,587,672 is a composite number.

Why is 42,587,672 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 42,587,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 127 167 251 254 334 502 508 668 1,004 1,016 1,336 2,008 21,209 31,877 41,917 42,418 63,754 83,834 84,836 127,508 167,668 169,672 255,016 335,336 5,323,459 10,646,918 21,293,836 and 42,587,672, with no remainder.

Since 42,587,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,587,672, 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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