Q: Is 47,515,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,515,104 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 47,515,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 26 28 32 36 37 39 42 48 49 52 56 63 72 74 78 84 91 96 98 104 111 112 117 126 144 147 148 156 168 182 196 208 222 224 234 252 259 273 288 294 296 312 333 336 343 364 392 416 441 444 468 481 504 518 546 588 592 624 637 666 672 686 728 777 784 819 882 888 936 962 1,008 1,029 1,036 1,092 1,176 1,184 1,248 1,274 1,332 1,372 1,443 1,456 1,554 1,568 1,638 1,764 1,776 1,813 1,872 1,911 1,924 2,016 2,058 2,072 2,184 2,331 2,352 2,548 2,664 2,744 2,886 2,912 3,087 3,108 3,276 3,367 3,528 3,552 3,626 3,744 3,822 3,848 4,116 4,144 4,329 4,368 4,459 4,662 4,704 5,096 5,328 5,439 5,488 5,733 5,772 6,174 6,216 6,552 6,734 7,056 7,252 7,644 7,696 8,232 8,288 8,658 8,736 8,918 9,324 10,101 10,192 10,656 10,878 10,976 11,466 11,544 12,348 12,432 12,691 13,104 13,377 13,468 14,112 14,504 15,288 15,392 16,317 16,464 17,316 17,836 18,648 20,202 20,384 21,756 22,932 23,088 23,569 24,696 24,864 25,382 26,208 26,754 26,936 29,008 30,303 30,576 32,634 32,928 34,632 35,672 37,296 38,073 40,131 40,404 43,512 45,864 46,176 47,138 49,392 50,764 53,508 53,872 58,016 60,606 61,152 65,268 69,264 70,707 71,344 74,592 76,146 80,262 80,808 87,024 91,728 94,276 98,784 101,528 107,016 107,744 114,219 121,212 130,536 138,528 141,414 142,688 152,292 160,524 161,616 164,983 174,048 183,456 188,552 203,056 212,121 214,032 228,438 242,424 261,072 282,828 304,584 321,048 323,232 329,966 377,104 406,112 424,242 428,064 456,876 484,848 494,949 522,144 565,656 609,168 642,096 659,932 754,208 848,484 913,752 969,696 989,898 1,131,312 1,218,336 1,284,192 1,319,864 1,484,847 1,696,968 1,827,504 1,979,796 2,262,624 2,639,728 2,969,694 3,393,936 3,655,008 3,959,592 5,279,456 5,939,388 6,787,872 7,919,184 11,878,776 15,838,368 23,757,552 and 47,515,104, with no remainder.

Since 47,515,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,515,104, 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).