Q: Is 41,244,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 41,244,048 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 41,244,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 37 48 72 74 111 144 148 222 296 333 444 592 666 888 1,332 1,776 2,664 5,328 7,741 15,482 23,223 30,964 46,446 61,928 69,669 92,892 123,856 139,338 185,784 278,676 286,417 371,568 557,352 572,834 859,251 1,114,704 1,145,668 1,718,502 2,291,336 2,577,753 3,437,004 4,582,672 5,155,506 6,874,008 10,311,012 13,748,016 20,622,024 and 41,244,048, with no remainder.

Since 41,244,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,244,048, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).