Q: Is 47,684,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,684,040 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 47,684,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 157 314 471 628 785 942 1,256 1,570 1,884 2,355 2,531 3,140 3,768 4,710 5,062 6,280 7,593 9,420 10,124 12,655 15,186 18,840 20,248 25,310 30,372 37,965 50,620 60,744 75,930 101,240 151,860 303,720 397,367 794,734 1,192,101 1,589,468 1,986,835 2,384,202 3,178,936 3,973,670 4,768,404 5,960,505 7,947,340 9,536,808 11,921,010 15,894,680 23,842,020 and 47,684,040, with no remainder.

Since 47,684,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,684,040, 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).