Q: Is 42,871,878 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,871,878 is a composite number.

Why is 42,871,878 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 42,871,878 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 59 63 73 79 118 126 146 158 177 219 237 354 413 438 474 511 531 553 657 711 826 1,022 1,062 1,106 1,239 1,314 1,422 1,533 1,659 2,478 3,066 3,318 3,717 4,307 4,599 4,661 4,977 5,767 7,434 8,614 9,198 9,322 9,954 11,534 12,921 13,983 17,301 25,842 27,966 30,149 32,627 34,602 38,763 40,369 41,949 51,903 60,298 65,254 77,526 80,738 83,898 90,447 97,881 103,806 121,107 180,894 195,762 242,214 271,341 293,643 340,253 363,321 542,682 587,286 680,506 726,642 1,020,759 2,041,518 2,381,771 3,062,277 4,763,542 6,124,554 7,145,313 14,290,626 21,435,939 and 42,871,878, with no remainder.

Since 42,871,878 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,871,878, 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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