Q: Is 47,011,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,011,230 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 47,011,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 14 15 18 21 30 35 42 45 63 70 71 90 105 126 142 210 213 315 355 426 497 630 639 710 994 1,051 1,065 1,278 1,491 2,102 2,130 2,485 2,982 3,153 3,195 4,473 4,970 5,255 6,306 6,390 7,357 7,455 8,946 9,459 10,510 14,714 14,910 15,765 18,918 22,071 22,365 31,530 36,785 44,142 44,730 47,295 66,213 73,570 74,621 94,590 110,355 132,426 149,242 220,710 223,863 331,065 373,105 447,726 522,347 662,130 671,589 746,210 1,044,694 1,119,315 1,343,178 1,567,041 2,238,630 2,611,735 3,134,082 3,357,945 4,701,123 5,223,470 6,715,890 7,835,205 9,402,246 15,670,410 23,505,615 and 47,011,230, with no remainder.

Since 47,011,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,011,230, 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).