Q: Is 46,737,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,737,768 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 46,737,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 49 56 66 77 84 88 98 132 147 154 168 196 231 264 294 308 392 462 539 588 616 924 1,078 1,176 1,617 1,848 2,156 3,234 3,613 4,312 6,468 7,226 10,839 12,936 14,452 21,678 25,291 28,904 39,743 43,356 50,582 75,873 79,486 86,712 101,164 119,229 151,746 158,972 177,037 202,328 238,458 278,201 303,492 317,944 354,074 476,916 531,111 556,402 606,984 708,148 834,603 953,832 1,062,222 1,112,804 1,416,296 1,669,206 1,947,407 2,124,444 2,225,608 3,338,412 3,894,814 4,248,888 5,842,221 6,676,824 7,789,628 11,684,442 15,579,256 23,368,884 and 46,737,768, with no remainder.

Since 46,737,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,737,768, 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).