Q: Is 42,831,264 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,831,264 is a composite number.

Why is 42,831,264 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 42,831,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 112 168 224 336 672 63,737 127,474 191,211 254,948 382,422 446,159 509,896 764,844 892,318 1,019,792 1,338,477 1,529,688 1,784,636 2,039,584 2,676,954 3,059,376 3,569,272 5,353,908 6,118,752 7,138,544 10,707,816 14,277,088 21,415,632 and 42,831,264, with no remainder.

Since 42,831,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,831,264, 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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