Q: Is 47,445,762 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,445,762 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 47,445,762 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 78 91 113 182 226 273 339 546 678 769 791 1,469 1,538 1,582 2,307 2,373 2,938 4,407 4,614 4,746 5,383 8,814 9,997 10,283 10,766 16,149 19,994 20,566 29,991 30,849 32,298 59,982 61,698 69,979 86,897 139,958 173,794 209,937 260,691 419,874 521,382 608,279 1,129,661 1,216,558 1,824,837 2,259,322 3,388,983 3,649,674 6,777,966 7,907,627 15,815,254 23,722,881 and 47,445,762, with no remainder.

Since 47,445,762 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,445,762, 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).