Q: Is 47,474,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,474,616 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 47,474,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 19 21 24 28 38 42 56 57 76 84 107 114 133 139 152 168 214 228 266 278 321 399 417 428 456 532 556 642 749 798 834 856 973 1,064 1,112 1,284 1,498 1,596 1,668 1,946 2,033 2,247 2,568 2,641 2,919 2,996 3,192 3,336 3,892 4,066 4,494 5,282 5,838 5,992 6,099 7,784 7,923 8,132 8,988 10,564 11,676 12,198 14,231 14,873 15,846 16,264 17,976 18,487 21,128 23,352 24,396 28,462 29,746 31,692 36,974 42,693 44,619 48,792 55,461 56,924 59,492 63,384 73,948 85,386 89,238 104,111 110,922 113,848 118,984 147,896 170,772 178,476 208,222 221,844 282,587 312,333 341,544 356,952 416,444 443,688 565,174 624,666 832,888 847,761 1,130,348 1,249,332 1,695,522 1,978,109 2,260,696 2,498,664 3,391,044 3,956,218 5,934,327 6,782,088 7,912,436 11,868,654 15,824,872 23,737,308 and 47,474,616, with no remainder.

Since 47,474,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,474,616, 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).