Q: Is 47,674,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,674,144 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 47,674,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 29 32 41 56 58 82 112 116 164 179 203 224 232 287 328 358 406 464 574 656 716 812 928 1,148 1,189 1,253 1,312 1,432 1,624 2,296 2,378 2,506 2,864 3,248 4,592 4,756 5,012 5,191 5,728 6,496 7,339 8,323 9,184 9,512 10,024 10,382 14,678 16,646 19,024 20,048 20,764 29,356 33,292 36,337 38,048 40,096 41,528 51,373 58,712 66,584 72,674 83,056 102,746 117,424 133,168 145,348 166,112 205,492 212,831 234,848 266,336 290,696 410,984 425,662 581,392 821,968 851,324 1,162,784 1,489,817 1,643,936 1,702,648 2,979,634 3,405,296 5,959,268 6,810,592 11,918,536 23,837,072 and 47,674,144, with no remainder.

Since 47,674,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,674,144, 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).