Q: Is 48,046,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,046,824 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 48,046,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 43 54 56 63 72 84 86 108 126 129 168 172 189 216 252 258 301 344 378 387 504 516 602 739 756 774 903 1,032 1,161 1,204 1,478 1,512 1,548 1,806 2,217 2,322 2,408 2,709 2,956 3,096 3,612 4,434 4,644 5,173 5,418 5,912 6,651 7,224 8,127 8,868 9,288 10,346 10,836 13,302 15,519 16,254 17,736 19,953 20,692 21,672 26,604 31,038 31,777 32,508 39,906 41,384 46,557 53,208 62,076 63,554 65,016 79,812 93,114 95,331 124,152 127,108 139,671 159,624 186,228 190,662 222,439 254,216 279,342 285,993 372,456 381,324 444,878 558,684 571,986 667,317 762,648 857,979 889,756 1,117,368 1,143,972 1,334,634 1,715,958 1,779,512 2,001,951 2,287,944 2,669,268 3,431,916 4,003,902 5,338,536 6,005,853 6,863,832 8,007,804 12,011,706 16,015,608 24,023,412 and 48,046,824, with no remainder.

Since 48,046,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,046,824, 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).