Q: Is 47,638,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,638,448 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 47,638,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 44 47 52 88 94 104 143 176 188 208 286 376 443 517 572 611 752 886 1,034 1,144 1,222 1,772 2,068 2,288 2,444 3,544 4,136 4,873 4,888 5,759 6,721 7,088 8,272 9,746 9,776 11,518 13,442 19,492 20,821 23,036 26,884 38,984 41,642 46,072 53,768 63,349 77,968 83,284 92,144 107,536 126,698 166,568 229,031 253,396 270,673 333,136 458,062 506,792 541,346 916,124 1,013,584 1,082,692 1,832,248 2,165,384 2,977,403 3,664,496 4,330,768 5,954,806 11,909,612 23,819,224 and 47,638,448, with no remainder.

Since 47,638,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,638,448, 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).