Q: Is 46,137,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,137,504 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 46,137,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 71 84 96 112 142 168 213 224 284 336 426 497 568 672 852 967 994 1,136 1,491 1,704 1,934 1,988 2,272 2,901 2,982 3,408 3,868 3,976 5,802 5,964 6,769 6,816 7,736 7,952 11,604 11,928 13,538 15,472 15,904 20,307 23,208 23,856 27,076 30,944 40,614 46,416 47,712 54,152 68,657 81,228 92,832 108,304 137,314 162,456 205,971 216,608 274,628 324,912 411,942 480,599 549,256 649,824 823,884 961,198 1,098,512 1,441,797 1,647,768 1,922,396 2,197,024 2,883,594 3,295,536 3,844,792 5,767,188 6,591,072 7,689,584 11,534,376 15,379,168 23,068,752 and 46,137,504, with no remainder.

Since 46,137,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,137,504, 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).