Q: Is 47,013,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,013,840 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 47,013,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 17 18 20 23 24 30 34 36 40 45 46 48 51 60 68 69 72 80 85 90 92 102 115 120 136 138 144 153 167 170 180 184 204 207 230 240 255 272 276 306 334 340 345 360 368 391 408 414 460 501 510 552 612 668 680 690 720 765 782 816 828 835 920 1,002 1,020 1,035 1,104 1,173 1,224 1,336 1,360 1,380 1,503 1,530 1,564 1,656 1,670 1,840 1,955 2,004 2,040 2,070 2,346 2,448 2,505 2,672 2,760 2,839 3,006 3,060 3,128 3,312 3,340 3,519 3,841 3,910 4,008 4,080 4,140 4,692 5,010 5,520 5,678 5,865 6,012 6,120 6,256 6,680 7,038 7,515 7,682 7,820 8,016 8,280 8,517 9,384 10,020 11,356 11,523 11,730 12,024 12,240 13,360 14,076 14,195 15,030 15,364 15,640 16,560 17,034 17,595 18,768 19,205 20,040 22,712 23,046 23,460 24,048 25,551 28,152 28,390 30,060 30,728 31,280 34,068 34,569 35,190 38,410 40,080 42,585 45,424 46,092 46,920 51,102 56,304 56,780 57,615 60,120 61,456 65,297 68,136 69,138 70,380 76,820 85,170 92,184 93,840 102,204 113,560 115,230 120,240 127,755 130,594 136,272 138,276 140,760 153,640 170,340 172,845 184,368 195,891 204,408 227,120 230,460 255,510 261,188 276,552 281,520 307,280 326,485 340,680 345,690 391,782 408,816 460,920 511,020 522,376 553,104 587,673 652,970 681,360 691,380 783,564 921,840 979,455 1,022,040 1,044,752 1,175,346 1,305,940 1,382,760 1,567,128 1,958,910 2,044,080 2,350,692 2,611,880 2,765,520 2,938,365 3,134,256 3,917,820 4,701,384 5,223,760 5,876,730 7,835,640 9,402,768 11,753,460 15,671,280 23,506,920 and 47,013,840, with no remainder.

Since 47,013,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,013,840, 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).