Q: Is 47,509,044 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,509,044 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 47,509,044 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 19 22 33 38 44 57 66 76 114 132 209 228 361 418 627 722 836 997 1,083 1,254 1,444 1,994 2,166 2,508 2,991 3,971 3,988 4,332 5,982 7,942 10,967 11,913 11,964 15,884 18,943 21,934 23,826 32,901 37,886 43,868 47,652 56,829 65,802 75,772 113,658 131,604 208,373 227,316 359,917 416,746 625,119 719,834 833,492 1,079,751 1,250,238 1,439,668 2,159,502 2,500,476 3,959,087 4,319,004 7,918,174 11,877,261 15,836,348 23,754,522 and 47,509,044, with no remainder.

Since 47,509,044 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,509,044, 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).