Q: Is 46,523,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,523,568 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 46,523,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 624 728 1,092 1,456 2,184 4,368 10,651 21,302 31,953 42,604 63,906 74,557 85,208 127,812 138,463 149,114 170,416 223,671 255,624 276,926 298,228 415,389 447,342 511,248 553,852 596,456 830,778 894,684 969,241 1,107,704 1,192,912 1,661,556 1,789,368 1,938,482 2,215,408 2,907,723 3,323,112 3,578,736 3,876,964 5,815,446 6,646,224 7,753,928 11,630,892 15,507,856 23,261,784 and 46,523,568, with no remainder.

Since 46,523,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,523,568, 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).