Q: Is 47,122,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,122,272 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 47,122,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 131 144 262 288 393 524 786 1,048 1,179 1,249 1,572 2,096 2,358 2,498 3,144 3,747 4,192 4,716 4,996 6,288 7,494 9,432 9,992 11,241 12,576 14,988 18,864 19,984 22,482 29,976 37,728 39,968 44,964 59,952 89,928 119,904 163,619 179,856 327,238 359,712 490,857 654,476 981,714 1,308,952 1,472,571 1,963,428 2,617,904 2,945,142 3,926,856 5,235,808 5,890,284 7,853,712 11,780,568 15,707,424 23,561,136 and 47,122,272, with no remainder.

Since 47,122,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,122,272, 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).