Q: Is 46,202,481 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,202,481 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 46,202,481 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 17 27 29 39 51 81 87 89 117 153 221 261 267 351 377 459 493 663 783 801 1,053 1,131 1,157 1,377 1,479 1,513 1,989 2,349 2,403 2,581 3,393 3,471 4,437 4,539 5,967 6,409 7,209 7,743 10,179 10,413 13,311 13,617 17,901 19,227 19,669 23,229 30,537 31,239 33,553 39,933 40,851 43,877 57,681 59,007 69,687 93,717 100,659 122,553 131,631 173,043 177,021 209,061 301,977 394,893 519,129 531,063 570,401 905,931 1,184,679 1,593,189 1,711,203 2,717,793 3,554,037 5,133,609 15,400,827 and 46,202,481, with no remainder.

Since 46,202,481 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,202,481, 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).