Q: Is 47,793,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,793,840 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 47,793,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 97 120 194 240 291 388 485 582 776 970 1,164 1,455 1,552 1,940 2,053 2,328 2,910 3,880 4,106 4,656 5,820 6,159 7,760 8,212 10,265 11,640 12,318 16,424 20,530 23,280 24,636 30,795 32,848 41,060 49,272 61,590 82,120 98,544 123,180 164,240 199,141 246,360 398,282 492,720 597,423 796,564 995,705 1,194,846 1,593,128 1,991,410 2,389,692 2,987,115 3,186,256 3,982,820 4,779,384 5,974,230 7,965,640 9,558,768 11,948,460 15,931,280 23,896,920 and 47,793,840, with no remainder.

Since 47,793,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,793,840, 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).