Q: Is 47,267,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,267,840 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 47,267,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 128 160 256 320 512 577 640 1,024 1,154 1,280 2,048 2,308 2,560 2,885 4,096 4,616 5,120 5,770 8,192 9,232 10,240 11,540 16,384 18,464 20,480 23,080 36,928 40,960 46,160 73,856 81,920 92,320 147,712 184,640 295,424 369,280 590,848 738,560 1,181,696 1,477,120 2,363,392 2,954,240 4,726,784 5,908,480 9,453,568 11,816,960 23,633,920 and 47,267,840, with no remainder.

Since 47,267,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,267,840, 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).