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A '''composite number''' is a positive [[integer]] greater than 1 which is not a [[prime number]]. Composite numbers can always be written as a product of prime numbers, which represent a [[prime factorization]].<ref>http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CompositeNumber.html</ref> For example, the prime factorization of the composite number 42 is 2 x 3 x 7.
A '''composite number''' is a positive [[integer]] greater than 1 which is not a [[prime number]]. Composite numbers can always be written as a product of prime numbers, which represent a [[prime factorization]].<ref>http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CompositeNumber.html</ref> For example, the prime factorization of the composite number 42 is 2 x 3 x 7.
Related to composite numbers are ''[[highly composite numbers]]'' (HCN's). The HCN's are the higher order of the two types of numbers that are the opposite to [[prime]] numbers.
==Highly Composite Numbers==
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