Q: Is 47,716,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,716,536 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 47,716,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 23 24 28 42 46 53 56 69 84 92 106 138 159 161 168 184 212 233 276 318 322 371 424 466 483 552 636 644 699 742 932 966 1,113 1,219 1,272 1,288 1,398 1,484 1,631 1,864 1,932 2,226 2,438 2,796 2,968 3,262 3,657 3,864 4,452 4,876 4,893 5,359 5,592 6,524 7,314 8,533 8,904 9,752 9,786 10,718 12,349 13,048 14,628 16,077 17,066 19,572 21,436 24,698 25,599 29,256 32,154 34,132 37,047 37,513 39,144 42,872 49,396 51,198 64,308 68,264 74,094 75,026 86,443 98,792 102,396 112,539 128,616 148,188 150,052 172,886 204,792 225,078 259,329 284,027 296,376 300,104 345,772 450,156 518,658 568,054 691,544 852,081 900,312 1,037,316 1,136,108 1,704,162 1,988,189 2,074,632 2,272,216 3,408,324 3,976,378 5,964,567 6,816,648 7,952,756 11,929,134 15,905,512 23,858,268 and 47,716,536, with no remainder.

Since 47,716,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,716,536, 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).