Q: Is 44,982,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 44,982,480 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 44,982,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 29 30 40 46 48 58 60 69 80 87 92 115 116 120 138 145 174 184 230 232 240 276 281 290 345 348 368 435 460 464 552 562 580 667 690 696 843 870 920 1,104 1,124 1,160 1,334 1,380 1,392 1,405 1,686 1,740 1,840 2,001 2,248 2,320 2,668 2,760 2,810 3,335 3,372 3,480 4,002 4,215 4,496 5,336 5,520 5,620 6,463 6,670 6,744 6,960 8,004 8,149 8,430 10,005 10,672 11,240 12,926 13,340 13,488 16,008 16,298 16,860 19,389 20,010 22,480 24,447 25,852 26,680 32,016 32,315 32,596 33,720 38,778 40,020 40,745 48,894 51,704 53,360 64,630 65,192 67,440 77,556 80,040 81,490 96,945 97,788 103,408 122,235 129,260 130,384 155,112 160,080 162,980 187,427 193,890 195,576 244,470 258,520 310,224 325,960 374,854 387,780 391,152 488,940 517,040 562,281 651,920 749,708 775,560 937,135 977,880 1,124,562 1,499,416 1,551,120 1,874,270 1,955,760 2,249,124 2,811,405 2,998,832 3,748,540 4,498,248 5,622,810 7,497,080 8,996,496 11,245,620 14,994,160 22,491,240 and 44,982,480, with no remainder.

Since 44,982,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 44,982,480, 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).