Q: Is 45,474,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 45,474,768 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 45,474,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 36 48 61 62 72 93 122 124 144 167 183 186 244 248 279 334 366 372 488 496 501 549 558 668 732 744 976 1,002 1,098 1,116 1,336 1,464 1,488 1,503 1,891 2,004 2,196 2,232 2,672 2,928 3,006 3,782 4,008 4,392 4,464 5,177 5,673 6,012 7,564 8,016 8,784 10,187 10,354 11,346 12,024 15,128 15,531 17,019 20,374 20,708 22,692 24,048 30,256 30,561 31,062 34,038 40,748 41,416 45,384 46,593 61,122 62,124 68,076 81,496 82,832 90,768 91,683 93,186 122,244 124,248 136,152 162,992 183,366 186,372 244,488 248,496 272,304 315,797 366,732 372,744 488,976 631,594 733,464 745,488 947,391 1,263,188 1,466,928 1,894,782 2,526,376 2,842,173 3,789,564 5,052,752 5,684,346 7,579,128 11,368,692 15,158,256 22,737,384 and 45,474,768, with no remainder.

Since 45,474,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 45,474,768, 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).