Q: Is 47,918,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,918,520 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 47,918,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 24 26 27 30 36 39 40 45 52 54 60 65 72 78 90 104 108 117 120 130 135 156 180 195 216 234 260 270 312 351 360 390 468 520 540 585 702 780 936 1,080 1,170 1,404 1,560 1,755 2,340 2,808 3,413 3,510 4,680 6,826 7,020 10,239 13,652 14,040 17,065 20,478 27,304 30,717 34,130 40,956 44,369 51,195 61,434 68,260 81,912 88,738 92,151 102,390 122,868 133,107 136,520 153,585 177,476 184,302 204,780 221,845 245,736 266,214 307,170 354,952 368,604 399,321 409,560 443,690 460,755 532,428 614,340 665,535 737,208 798,642 887,380 921,510 1,064,856 1,197,963 1,228,680 1,331,070 1,597,284 1,774,760 1,843,020 1,996,605 2,395,926 2,662,140 3,194,568 3,686,040 3,993,210 4,791,852 5,324,280 5,989,815 7,986,420 9,583,704 11,979,630 15,972,840 23,959,260 and 47,918,520, with no remainder.

Since 47,918,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,918,520, 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).