Q: Is 42,995,740 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 42,995,740 is a composite number.

Why is 42,995,740 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 42,995,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 23 46 92 115 151 230 302 460 604 619 755 1,238 1,510 2,476 3,020 3,095 3,473 6,190 6,946 12,380 13,892 14,237 17,365 28,474 34,730 56,948 69,460 71,185 93,469 142,370 186,938 284,740 373,876 467,345 934,690 1,869,380 2,149,787 4,299,574 8,599,148 10,748,935 21,497,870 and 42,995,740, with no remainder.

Since 42,995,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,995,740, 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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