Q: Is 47,445,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,445,760 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 47,445,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 101 128 160 202 256 320 367 404 505 640 734 808 1,010 1,280 1,468 1,616 1,835 2,020 2,936 3,232 3,670 4,040 5,872 6,464 7,340 8,080 11,744 12,928 14,680 16,160 23,488 25,856 29,360 32,320 37,067 46,976 58,720 64,640 74,134 93,952 117,440 129,280 148,268 185,335 234,880 296,536 370,670 469,760 593,072 741,340 1,186,144 1,482,680 2,372,288 2,965,360 4,744,576 5,930,720 9,489,152 11,861,440 23,722,880 and 47,445,760, with no remainder.

Since 47,445,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,445,760, 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).