Q: Is 47,343,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,343,240 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 47,343,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 24 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 56 60 63 70 72 84 90 105 120 126 140 168 180 210 252 280 315 360 420 504 630 840 1,260 2,520 18,787 37,574 56,361 75,148 93,935 112,722 131,509 150,296 169,083 187,870 225,444 263,018 281,805 338,166 375,740 394,527 450,888 526,036 563,610 657,545 676,332 751,480 789,054 845,415 1,052,072 1,127,220 1,183,581 1,315,090 1,352,664 1,578,108 1,690,830 1,972,635 2,254,440 2,367,162 2,630,180 3,156,216 3,381,660 3,945,270 4,734,324 5,260,360 5,917,905 6,763,320 7,890,540 9,468,648 11,835,810 15,781,080 23,671,620 and 47,343,240, with no remainder.

Since 47,343,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,343,240, 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).