Q: Is 47,146,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,146,752 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 47,146,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 32 36 38 48 54 57 64 72 76 96 108 114 128 144 152 171 192 216 228 256 288 304 342 359 384 432 456 513 576 608 684 718 768 864 912 1,026 1,077 1,152 1,216 1,368 1,436 1,728 1,824 2,052 2,154 2,304 2,432 2,736 2,872 3,231 3,456 3,648 4,104 4,308 4,864 5,472 5,744 6,462 6,821 6,912 7,296 8,208 8,616 9,693 10,944 11,488 12,924 13,642 14,592 16,416 17,232 19,386 20,463 21,888 22,976 25,848 27,284 32,832 34,464 38,772 40,926 43,776 45,952 51,696 54,568 61,389 65,664 68,928 77,544 81,852 91,904 103,392 109,136 122,778 131,328 137,856 155,088 163,704 184,167 206,784 218,272 245,556 275,712 310,176 327,408 368,334 413,568 436,544 491,112 620,352 654,816 736,668 827,136 873,088 982,224 1,240,704 1,309,632 1,473,336 1,746,176 1,964,448 2,481,408 2,619,264 2,946,672 3,928,896 5,238,528 5,893,344 7,857,792 11,786,688 15,715,584 23,573,376 and 47,146,752, with no remainder.

Since 47,146,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,146,752, 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).