Q: Is 47,917,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,917,848 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 47,917,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 19 22 24 33 38 41 44 57 66 76 82 88 114 123 132 152 164 209 228 233 246 264 328 418 451 456 466 492 627 699 779 836 902 932 984 1,254 1,353 1,398 1,558 1,672 1,804 1,864 2,337 2,508 2,563 2,706 2,796 3,116 3,608 4,427 4,674 5,016 5,126 5,412 5,592 6,232 7,689 8,569 8,854 9,348 9,553 10,252 10,824 13,281 15,378 17,138 17,708 18,696 19,106 20,504 25,707 26,562 28,659 30,756 34,276 35,416 38,212 48,697 51,414 53,124 57,318 61,512 68,552 76,424 97,394 102,828 105,083 106,248 114,636 146,091 181,507 194,788 205,656 210,166 229,272 292,182 315,249 363,014 389,576 420,332 544,521 584,364 630,498 726,028 840,664 1,089,042 1,168,728 1,260,996 1,452,056 1,996,577 2,178,084 2,521,992 3,993,154 4,356,168 5,989,731 7,986,308 11,979,462 15,972,616 23,958,924 and 47,917,848, with no remainder.

Since 47,917,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,917,848, 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).