Q: Is 42,661,548 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,661,548 is a composite number.

Why is 42,661,548 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 42,661,548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 367 734 1,101 1,468 2,202 3,229 3,303 4,404 6,458 6,606 9,687 12,916 13,212 19,374 29,061 38,748 58,122 116,244 1,185,043 2,370,086 3,555,129 4,740,172 7,110,258 10,665,387 14,220,516 21,330,774 and 42,661,548, with no remainder.

Since 42,661,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,661,548, 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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