Q: Is 47,434,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,434,576 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 47,434,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 53 56 61 106 112 122 131 212 244 262 371 424 427 488 524 742 848 854 917 976 1,048 1,484 1,708 1,834 2,096 2,968 3,233 3,416 3,668 5,936 6,466 6,832 6,943 7,336 7,991 12,932 13,886 14,672 15,982 22,631 25,864 27,772 31,964 45,262 48,601 51,728 55,544 55,937 63,928 90,524 97,202 111,088 111,874 127,856 181,048 194,404 223,748 362,096 388,808 423,523 447,496 777,616 847,046 894,992 1,694,092 2,964,661 3,388,184 5,929,322 6,776,368 11,858,644 23,717,288 and 47,434,576, with no remainder.

Since 47,434,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,434,576, 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).