Q: Is 47,483,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,483,460 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 47,483,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 151 180 302 453 604 755 906 1,359 1,510 1,747 1,812 2,265 2,718 3,020 3,494 4,530 5,241 5,436 6,795 6,988 8,735 9,060 10,482 13,590 15,723 17,470 20,964 26,205 27,180 31,446 34,940 52,410 62,892 78,615 104,820 157,230 263,797 314,460 527,594 791,391 1,055,188 1,318,985 1,582,782 2,374,173 2,637,970 3,165,564 3,956,955 4,748,346 5,275,940 7,913,910 9,496,692 11,870,865 15,827,820 23,741,730 and 47,483,460, with no remainder.

Since 47,483,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,483,460, 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).