Q: Is 47,487,762 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,487,762 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 47,487,762 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 49 54 63 98 126 131 137 147 189 262 274 294 378 393 411 441 786 822 882 917 959 1,179 1,233 1,323 1,834 1,918 2,358 2,466 2,646 2,751 2,877 3,537 3,699 5,502 5,754 6,419 6,713 7,074 7,398 8,253 8,631 12,838 13,426 16,506 17,262 17,947 19,257 20,139 24,759 25,893 35,894 38,514 40,278 49,518 51,786 53,841 57,771 60,417 107,682 115,542 120,834 125,629 161,523 173,313 181,251 251,258 323,046 346,626 362,502 376,887 484,569 753,774 879,403 969,138 1,130,661 1,758,806 2,261,322 2,638,209 3,391,983 5,276,418 6,783,966 7,914,627 15,829,254 23,743,881 and 47,487,762, with no remainder.

Since 47,487,762 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,487,762, 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).