Q: Is 42,879,012 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,879,012 is a composite number.

Why is 42,879,012 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 42,879,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 66 121 132 242 363 484 726 1,452 29,531 59,062 88,593 118,124 177,186 324,841 354,372 649,682 974,523 1,299,364 1,949,046 3,573,251 3,898,092 7,146,502 10,719,753 14,293,004 21,439,506 and 42,879,012, with no remainder.

Since 42,879,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,879,012, 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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