Q: Is 47,647,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,647,872 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 47,647,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 64 68 72 96 102 108 128 136 144 153 192 204 216 272 288 306 384 408 432 459 544 576 612 811 816 864 918 1,088 1,152 1,224 1,622 1,632 1,728 1,836 2,176 2,433 2,448 3,244 3,264 3,456 3,672 4,866 4,896 6,488 6,528 7,299 7,344 9,732 9,792 12,976 13,787 14,598 14,688 19,464 19,584 21,897 25,952 27,574 29,196 29,376 38,928 41,361 43,794 51,904 55,148 58,392 58,752 77,856 82,722 87,588 103,808 110,296 116,784 124,083 155,712 165,444 175,176 220,592 233,568 248,166 311,424 330,888 350,352 372,249 441,184 467,136 496,332 661,776 700,704 744,498 882,368 934,272 992,664 1,323,552 1,401,408 1,488,996 1,764,736 1,985,328 2,647,104 2,802,816 2,977,992 3,970,656 5,294,208 5,955,984 7,941,312 11,911,968 15,882,624 23,823,936 and 47,647,872, with no remainder.

Since 47,647,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,647,872, 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).