Q: Is 42,596,952 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,596,952 is a composite number.

Why is 42,596,952 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 42,596,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 101 202 303 404 606 808 1,212 2,424 17,573 35,146 52,719 70,292 105,438 140,584 210,876 421,752 1,774,873 3,549,746 5,324,619 7,099,492 10,649,238 14,198,984 21,298,476 and 42,596,952, with no remainder.

Since 42,596,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,596,952, 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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