Q: Is 47,773,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,773,740 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 47,773,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 28 30 34 35 42 51 60 68 70 84 85 102 105 119 140 170 204 210 238 255 340 357 420 476 510 595 714 1,020 1,190 1,428 1,785 2,380 3,570 6,691 7,140 13,382 20,073 26,764 33,455 40,146 46,837 66,910 80,292 93,674 100,365 113,747 133,820 140,511 187,348 200,730 227,494 234,185 281,022 341,241 401,460 454,988 468,370 562,044 568,735 682,482 702,555 796,229 936,740 1,137,470 1,364,964 1,405,110 1,592,458 1,706,205 2,274,940 2,388,687 2,810,220 3,184,916 3,412,410 3,981,145 4,777,374 6,824,820 7,962,290 9,554,748 11,943,435 15,924,580 23,886,870 and 47,773,740, with no remainder.

Since 47,773,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,773,740, 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).