Q: Is 47,740,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,740,704 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 47,740,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 53 66 88 96 106 132 159 176 212 264 318 352 424 528 583 636 848 853 1,056 1,166 1,272 1,696 1,706 1,749 2,332 2,544 2,559 3,412 3,498 4,664 5,088 5,118 6,824 6,996 9,328 9,383 10,236 13,648 13,992 18,656 18,766 20,472 27,296 27,984 28,149 37,532 40,944 45,209 55,968 56,298 75,064 81,888 90,418 112,596 135,627 150,128 180,836 225,192 271,254 300,256 361,672 450,384 497,299 542,508 723,344 900,768 994,598 1,085,016 1,446,688 1,491,897 1,989,196 2,170,032 2,983,794 3,978,392 4,340,064 5,967,588 7,956,784 11,935,176 15,913,568 23,870,352 and 47,740,704, with no remainder.

Since 47,740,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,740,704, 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).