Q: Is 47,480,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,480,576 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 47,480,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 32 44 52 64 88 104 128 143 176 208 256 286 352 416 572 704 832 1,144 1,297 1,408 1,664 2,288 2,594 2,816 3,328 4,576 5,188 9,152 10,376 14,267 16,861 18,304 20,752 28,534 33,722 36,608 41,504 57,068 67,444 83,008 114,136 134,888 166,016 185,471 228,272 269,776 332,032 370,942 456,544 539,552 741,884 913,088 1,079,104 1,483,768 1,826,176 2,158,208 2,967,536 3,652,352 4,316,416 5,935,072 11,870,144 23,740,288 and 47,480,576, with no remainder.

Since 47,480,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,480,576, 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).