Q: Is 46,007,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,007,920 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 46,007,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 29 35 40 56 58 70 80 112 116 140 145 203 232 280 290 406 464 560 580 812 1,015 1,160 1,624 2,030 2,320 2,833 3,248 4,060 5,666 8,120 11,332 14,165 16,240 19,831 22,664 28,330 39,662 45,328 56,660 79,324 82,157 99,155 113,320 158,648 164,314 198,310 226,640 317,296 328,628 396,620 410,785 575,099 657,256 793,240 821,570 1,150,198 1,314,512 1,586,480 1,643,140 2,300,396 2,875,495 3,286,280 4,600,792 5,750,990 6,572,560 9,201,584 11,501,980 23,003,960 and 46,007,920, with no remainder.

Since 46,007,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,007,920, 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).