Q: Is 47,871,192 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,871,192 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 47,871,192 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 31 37 47 62 74 93 94 111 124 141 148 186 188 222 248 282 296 372 376 444 564 744 888 1,128 1,147 1,369 1,457 1,739 2,294 2,738 2,914 3,441 3,478 4,107 4,371 4,588 5,217 5,476 5,828 6,882 6,956 8,214 8,742 9,176 10,434 10,952 11,656 13,764 13,912 16,428 17,484 20,868 27,528 32,856 34,968 41,736 42,439 53,909 64,343 84,878 107,818 127,317 128,686 161,727 169,756 193,029 215,636 254,634 257,372 323,454 339,512 386,058 431,272 509,268 514,744 646,908 772,116 1,018,536 1,293,816 1,544,232 1,994,633 3,989,266 5,983,899 7,978,532 11,967,798 15,957,064 23,935,596 and 47,871,192, with no remainder.

Since 47,871,192 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,871,192, 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).