Q: Is 47,647,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,647,740 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 47,647,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 41 42 60 70 82 84 105 123 140 164 205 210 246 287 410 420 492 574 615 820 861 1,148 1,230 1,435 1,722 2,460 2,767 2,870 3,444 4,305 5,534 5,740 8,301 8,610 11,068 13,835 16,602 17,220 19,369 27,670 33,204 38,738 41,505 55,340 58,107 77,476 83,010 96,845 113,447 116,214 166,020 193,690 226,894 232,428 290,535 340,341 387,380 453,788 567,235 581,070 680,682 794,129 1,134,470 1,162,140 1,361,364 1,588,258 1,701,705 2,268,940 2,382,387 3,176,516 3,403,410 3,970,645 4,764,774 6,806,820 7,941,290 9,529,548 11,911,935 15,882,580 23,823,870 and 47,647,740, with no remainder.

Since 47,647,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,647,740, 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).