Q: Is 47,555,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,555,872 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 47,555,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 49 52 56 91 98 104 112 182 196 208 224 364 392 416 637 728 784 1,274 1,456 1,568 2,333 2,548 2,912 4,666 5,096 9,332 10,192 16,331 18,664 20,384 30,329 32,662 37,328 60,658 65,324 74,656 114,317 121,316 130,648 212,303 228,634 242,632 261,296 424,606 457,268 485,264 522,592 849,212 914,536 970,528 1,486,121 1,698,424 1,829,072 2,972,242 3,396,848 3,658,144 5,944,484 6,793,696 11,888,968 23,777,936 and 47,555,872, with no remainder.

Since 47,555,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,555,872, 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).