Q: Is 46,135,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,135,008 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 46,135,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 81 96 102 108 136 144 153 162 204 216 243 272 288 306 324 349 408 432 459 486 544 612 648 698 816 864 918 972 1,047 1,224 1,296 1,377 1,396 1,632 1,836 1,944 2,094 2,448 2,592 2,754 2,792 3,141 3,672 3,888 4,131 4,188 4,896 5,508 5,584 5,933 6,282 7,344 7,776 8,262 8,376 9,423 11,016 11,168 11,866 12,564 14,688 16,524 16,752 17,799 18,846 22,032 23,732 25,128 28,269 33,048 33,504 35,598 37,692 44,064 47,464 50,256 53,397 56,538 66,096 71,196 75,384 84,807 94,928 100,512 106,794 113,076 132,192 142,392 150,768 160,191 169,614 189,856 213,588 226,152 284,784 301,536 320,382 339,228 427,176 452,304 480,573 569,568 640,764 678,456 854,352 904,608 961,146 1,281,528 1,356,912 1,441,719 1,708,704 1,922,292 2,563,056 2,713,824 2,883,438 3,844,584 5,126,112 5,766,876 7,689,168 11,533,752 15,378,336 23,067,504 and 46,135,008, with no remainder.

Since 46,135,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,135,008, 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).