Q: Is 47,469,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,469,576 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 47,469,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 17 21 22 24 28 33 34 42 44 51 56 66 68 77 84 88 102 119 132 136 154 168 187 204 231 238 264 308 357 374 408 462 476 561 616 714 748 924 952 1,122 1,309 1,428 1,496 1,511 1,848 2,244 2,618 2,856 3,022 3,927 4,488 4,533 5,236 6,044 7,854 9,066 10,472 10,577 12,088 15,708 16,621 18,132 21,154 25,687 31,416 31,731 33,242 36,264 42,308 49,863 51,374 63,462 66,484 77,061 84,616 99,726 102,748 116,347 126,924 132,968 154,122 179,809 199,452 205,496 232,694 253,848 282,557 308,244 349,041 359,618 398,904 465,388 539,427 565,114 616,488 698,082 719,236 847,671 930,776 1,078,854 1,130,228 1,396,164 1,438,472 1,695,342 1,977,899 2,157,708 2,260,456 2,792,328 3,390,684 3,955,798 4,315,416 5,933,697 6,781,368 7,911,596 11,867,394 15,823,192 23,734,788 and 47,469,576, with no remainder.

Since 47,469,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,469,576, 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).