Q: Is 46,893,780 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,893,780 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 46,893,780 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 30 36 45 46 47 60 69 90 92 94 115 138 141 180 188 207 230 235 241 276 282 345 414 423 460 470 482 564 690 705 723 828 846 940 964 1,035 1,081 1,205 1,380 1,410 1,446 1,692 2,070 2,115 2,162 2,169 2,410 2,820 2,892 3,243 3,615 4,140 4,230 4,324 4,338 4,820 5,405 5,543 6,486 7,230 8,460 8,676 9,729 10,810 10,845 11,086 11,327 12,972 14,460 16,215 16,629 19,458 21,620 21,690 22,172 22,654 27,715 32,430 33,258 33,981 38,916 43,380 45,308 48,645 49,887 55,430 56,635 64,860 66,516 67,962 83,145 97,290 99,774 101,943 110,860 113,270 135,924 166,290 169,905 194,580 199,548 203,886 226,540 249,435 260,521 332,580 339,810 407,772 498,870 509,715 521,042 679,620 781,563 997,740 1,019,430 1,042,084 1,302,605 1,563,126 2,038,860 2,344,689 2,605,210 3,126,252 3,907,815 4,689,378 5,210,420 7,815,630 9,378,756 11,723,445 15,631,260 23,446,890 and 46,893,780, with no remainder.

Since 46,893,780 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,893,780, 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).