Q: Is 47,770,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,770,008 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 47,770,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 31 33 39 44 52 62 66 78 88 93 104 124 132 143 156 186 248 264 286 312 341 372 403 429 449 572 682 744 806 858 898 1,023 1,144 1,209 1,347 1,364 1,612 1,716 1,796 2,046 2,418 2,694 2,728 3,224 3,432 3,592 4,092 4,433 4,836 4,939 5,388 5,837 8,184 8,866 9,672 9,878 10,776 11,674 13,299 13,919 14,817 17,511 17,732 19,756 23,348 26,598 27,838 29,634 35,022 35,464 39,512 41,757 46,696 53,196 55,676 59,268 64,207 70,044 83,514 106,392 111,352 118,536 128,414 140,088 153,109 167,028 180,947 192,621 256,828 306,218 334,056 361,894 385,242 459,327 513,656 542,841 612,436 723,788 770,484 918,654 1,085,682 1,224,872 1,447,576 1,540,968 1,837,308 1,990,417 2,171,364 3,674,616 3,980,834 4,342,728 5,971,251 7,961,668 11,942,502 15,923,336 23,885,004 and 47,770,008, with no remainder.

Since 47,770,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,770,008, 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).