Q: Is 46,647,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,647,120 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 46,647,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 24 26 30 39 40 48 52 60 65 78 80 104 120 130 156 195 208 240 260 312 390 520 624 780 1,040 1,560 3,120 14,951 29,902 44,853 59,804 74,755 89,706 119,608 149,510 179,412 194,363 224,265 239,216 299,020 358,824 388,726 448,530 583,089 598,040 717,648 777,452 897,060 971,815 1,166,178 1,196,080 1,554,904 1,794,120 1,943,630 2,332,356 2,915,445 3,109,808 3,588,240 3,887,260 4,664,712 5,830,890 7,774,520 9,329,424 11,661,780 15,549,040 23,323,560 and 46,647,120, with no remainder.

Since 46,647,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,647,120, 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).