Q: Is 46,352,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,352,304 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 46,352,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 41 48 54 72 82 108 123 144 164 216 246 328 369 432 492 656 738 984 1,107 1,476 1,968 2,214 2,617 2,952 4,428 5,234 5,904 7,851 8,856 10,468 15,702 17,712 20,936 23,553 31,404 41,872 47,106 62,808 70,659 94,212 107,297 125,616 141,318 188,424 214,594 282,636 321,891 376,848 429,188 565,272 643,782 858,376 965,673 1,130,544 1,287,564 1,716,752 1,931,346 2,575,128 2,897,019 3,862,692 5,150,256 5,794,038 7,725,384 11,588,076 15,450,768 23,176,152 and 46,352,304, with no remainder.

Since 46,352,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,352,304, 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).