Q: Is 47,947,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,947,488 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 47,947,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 76 96 97 114 152 194 228 271 291 304 388 456 542 582 608 776 813 912 1,084 1,164 1,552 1,626 1,824 1,843 2,168 2,328 3,104 3,252 3,686 4,336 4,656 5,149 5,529 6,504 7,372 8,672 9,312 10,298 11,058 13,008 14,744 15,447 20,596 22,116 26,016 26,287 29,488 30,894 41,192 44,232 52,574 58,976 61,788 78,861 82,384 88,464 105,148 123,576 157,722 164,768 176,928 210,296 247,152 315,444 420,592 494,304 499,453 630,888 841,184 998,906 1,261,776 1,498,359 1,997,812 2,523,552 2,996,718 3,995,624 5,993,436 7,991,248 11,986,872 15,982,496 23,973,744 and 47,947,488, with no remainder.

Since 47,947,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,947,488, 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).