Q: Is 47,371,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,371,824 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 47,371,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 53 54 72 106 108 144 159 212 216 318 424 432 477 636 848 954 1,272 1,431 1,908 2,069 2,544 2,862 3,816 4,138 5,724 6,207 7,632 8,276 11,448 12,414 16,552 18,621 22,896 24,828 33,104 37,242 49,656 55,863 74,484 99,312 109,657 111,726 148,968 219,314 223,452 297,936 328,971 438,628 446,904 657,942 877,256 893,808 986,913 1,315,884 1,754,512 1,973,826 2,631,768 2,960,739 3,947,652 5,263,536 5,921,478 7,895,304 11,842,956 15,790,608 23,685,912 and 47,371,824, with no remainder.

Since 47,371,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,371,824, 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).