Q: Is 46,143,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,143,108 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 46,143,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 54 66 81 99 107 108 121 132 162 198 214 242 297 321 324 363 396 428 484 594 642 726 891 963 1,089 1,177 1,188 1,284 1,331 1,452 1,782 1,926 2,178 2,354 2,662 2,889 3,267 3,531 3,564 3,852 3,993 4,356 4,708 5,324 5,778 6,534 7,062 7,986 8,667 9,801 10,593 11,556 11,979 12,947 13,068 14,124 15,972 17,334 19,602 21,186 23,958 25,894 31,779 34,668 35,937 38,841 39,204 42,372 47,916 51,788 63,558 71,874 77,682 95,337 107,811 116,523 127,116 142,417 143,748 155,364 190,674 215,622 233,046 284,834 349,569 381,348 427,251 431,244 466,092 569,668 699,138 854,502 1,048,707 1,281,753 1,398,276 1,709,004 2,097,414 2,563,506 3,845,259 4,194,828 5,127,012 7,690,518 11,535,777 15,381,036 23,071,554 and 46,143,108, with no remainder.

Since 46,143,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,143,108, 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).