Q: Is 47,072,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,072,272 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 47,072,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 19 26 38 43 52 76 86 104 152 172 208 247 277 304 344 494 554 559 688 817 988 1,108 1,118 1,634 1,976 2,216 2,236 3,268 3,601 3,952 4,432 4,472 5,263 6,536 7,202 8,944 10,526 10,621 11,911 13,072 14,404 21,052 21,242 23,822 28,808 42,104 42,484 47,644 57,616 68,419 84,208 84,968 95,288 136,838 154,843 169,936 190,576 226,309 273,676 309,686 452,618 547,352 619,372 905,236 1,094,704 1,238,744 1,810,472 2,477,488 2,942,017 3,620,944 5,884,034 11,768,068 23,536,136 and 47,072,272, with no remainder.

Since 47,072,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,072,272, 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).