Q: Is 47,724,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,724,516 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 47,724,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 229 252 458 687 827 916 1,374 1,603 1,654 2,061 2,481 2,748 3,206 3,308 4,122 4,809 4,962 5,789 6,412 7,443 8,244 9,618 9,924 11,578 14,427 14,886 17,367 19,236 23,156 28,854 29,772 34,734 52,101 57,708 69,468 104,202 189,383 208,404 378,766 568,149 757,532 1,136,298 1,325,681 1,704,447 2,272,596 2,651,362 3,408,894 3,977,043 5,302,724 6,817,788 7,954,086 11,931,129 15,908,172 23,862,258 and 47,724,516, with no remainder.

Since 47,724,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,724,516, 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).