Q: Is 47,455,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,455,632 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 47,455,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 216 252 324 336 378 432 504 567 648 756 1,008 1,134 1,296 1,512 2,268 3,024 4,536 5,231 9,072 10,462 15,693 20,924 31,386 36,617 41,848 47,079 62,772 73,234 83,696 94,158 109,851 125,544 141,237 146,468 188,316 219,702 251,088 282,474 292,936 329,553 376,632 423,711 439,404 564,948 585,872 659,106 753,264 847,422 878,808 988,659 1,129,896 1,318,212 1,694,844 1,757,616 1,977,318 2,259,792 2,636,424 2,965,977 3,389,688 3,954,636 5,272,848 5,931,954 6,779,376 7,909,272 11,863,908 15,818,544 23,727,816 and 47,455,632, with no remainder.

Since 47,455,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,455,632, 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).