Q: Is 42,738,672 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,738,672 is a composite number.

Why is 42,738,672 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 42,738,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 521 1,042 1,563 1,709 2,084 3,126 3,418 4,168 5,127 6,252 6,836 8,336 10,254 12,504 13,672 20,508 25,008 27,344 41,016 82,032 890,389 1,780,778 2,671,167 3,561,556 5,342,334 7,123,112 10,684,668 14,246,224 21,369,336 and 42,738,672, with no remainder.

Since 42,738,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,738,672, 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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