Q: Is 46,928,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 46,928,520 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 46,928,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 61 72 90 120 122 180 183 244 305 360 366 488 549 610 732 915 1,098 1,220 1,464 1,830 2,137 2,196 2,440 2,745 3,660 4,274 4,392 5,490 6,411 7,320 8,548 10,685 10,980 12,822 17,096 19,233 21,370 21,960 25,644 32,055 38,466 42,740 51,288 64,110 76,932 85,480 96,165 128,220 130,357 153,864 192,330 256,440 260,714 384,660 391,071 521,428 651,785 769,320 782,142 1,042,856 1,173,213 1,303,570 1,564,284 1,955,355 2,346,426 2,607,140 3,128,568 3,910,710 4,692,852 5,214,280 5,866,065 7,821,420 9,385,704 11,732,130 15,642,840 23,464,260 and 46,928,520, with no remainder.

Since 46,928,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 46,928,520, 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).