Q: Is 47,767,962 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,767,962 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 47,767,962 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 31 33 37 62 66 74 93 111 186 222 341 407 631 682 814 1,023 1,147 1,221 1,262 1,893 2,046 2,294 2,442 3,441 3,786 6,882 6,941 12,617 13,882 19,561 20,823 23,347 25,234 37,851 39,122 41,646 46,694 58,683 70,041 75,702 117,366 140,082 215,171 256,817 430,342 513,634 645,513 723,757 770,451 1,291,026 1,447,514 1,540,902 2,171,271 4,342,542 7,961,327 15,922,654 23,883,981 and 47,767,962, with no remainder.

Since 47,767,962 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,767,962, 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).