Q: Is 47,254,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,254,320 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 47,254,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 90 108 120 131 135 144 167 180 216 240 262 270 334 360 393 432 501 524 540 655 668 720 786 835 1,002 1,048 1,080 1,179 1,310 1,336 1,503 1,572 1,670 1,965 2,004 2,096 2,160 2,358 2,505 2,620 2,672 3,006 3,144 3,340 3,537 3,930 4,008 4,509 4,716 5,010 5,240 5,895 6,012 6,288 6,680 7,074 7,515 7,860 8,016 9,018 9,432 10,020 10,480 11,790 12,024 13,360 14,148 15,030 15,720 17,685 18,036 18,864 20,040 21,877 22,545 23,580 24,048 28,296 30,060 31,440 35,370 36,072 40,080 43,754 45,090 47,160 56,592 60,120 65,631 70,740 72,144 87,508 90,180 94,320 109,385 120,240 131,262 141,480 175,016 180,360 196,893 218,770 262,524 282,960 328,155 350,032 360,720 393,786 437,540 525,048 590,679 656,310 787,572 875,080 984,465 1,050,096 1,181,358 1,312,620 1,575,144 1,750,160 1,968,930 2,362,716 2,625,240 2,953,395 3,150,288 3,937,860 4,725,432 5,250,480 5,906,790 7,875,720 9,450,864 11,813,580 15,751,440 23,627,160 and 47,254,320, with no remainder.

Since 47,254,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,254,320, 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).