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It doesn't really relate to math so much, it is just from a famous book, called the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. It was this supercomputer that finally calculated the answer to life as 42, after about 7 and a half million years.
Yup, that's why it so special, if you hear anyone say that.
But after all that they discovered that they'd asked the wrong question and then had to build another supercomputer to figure out what the right question should have been!
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Is there a number times 4 that equals 42?
4 x something = 42. So 42 / 4 = something. 42 / 4 = 10.5 so 4 x 10.5 = 42 10.5
The product of two positive consecutive numbers is 42. What is the larger number?
6 times 7 = 42 and so 7 is the larger number
How do you convert 42 percent into a whole number?
The smallest whole number is ' 1 '. 42% is another way to write the number 0.42 and that's less than ' 1 ' . So 42 percent doesn't have what it takes to be a whole number, no matter what you do to it.
What are multiples of 42?
The multiples of 42 are: 42, 84, 126, 168, 210, 252, 294, 336, 378, 420, and so on. A number is a multiple of 42 if it is evenly divisible by 42.
7x6 equals 42 which number is the product?
The product of the two numbers is 42. The two other numbers, in order, are the multiplier and the multiplicand.
Why is the number 42 special?
Jackie robinsons #42
Why is 42 a special number?
Jackie Robinson's number
42 as a mixed number?
42 is a whole number and so cannot be sensibly represented as a mixed number.
Is 4-2 a rational number?
yes any number that that can be made into a fraction is a rational number. 42= 42/1 so it is a rational number
What is 42 over 8 as a whole number?
8 does not divide 42 evenly so 42/8 is not a whole number.
Is 42 a prime or composent number?
42 is divisible by 2 (and other factors) so it is a composite number
Is there a number times 4 that equals 42?
4 x something = 42. So 42 / 4 = something. 42 / 4 = 10.5 so 4 x 10.5 = 42 10.5
What number times 6 equal 42?
The opposite of multiplying is dividing, so let's work this backwards. Divide 42 by 6. The answer is your number. And speaking of 42, so long, and thanks for all the fish.
Is 42 a prime number?
No, 42 is a composite number, not a prime number. 42 is divisible by 2, 3, and 7. 42 has more than two factors and so it is a composite number. All even numbers greater than 2 are composite.
What does 42 decreased by twice a number means?
If you have a number x, then twice that number is 2*x and so the expression means 42 - 2*x
Are 37 and 42 relativley prime?
37 is a prime number, so since 42 can not be divided by 37 evenly, they are indeed relatively prime.
The product of two positive consecutive numbers is 42. What is the larger number?
6 times 7 = 42 and so 7 is the larger number
