Q: Is 48,058,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,058,704 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 48,058,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 53 54 72 106 108 144 159 212 216 318 424 432 477 636 848 954 1,272 1,431 1,908 2,099 2,544 2,862 3,816 4,198 5,724 6,297 7,632 8,396 11,448 12,594 16,792 18,891 22,896 25,188 33,584 37,782 50,376 56,673 75,564 100,752 111,247 113,346 151,128 222,494 226,692 302,256 333,741 444,988 453,384 667,482 889,976 906,768 1,001,223 1,334,964 1,779,952 2,002,446 2,669,928 3,003,669 4,004,892 5,339,856 6,007,338 8,009,784 12,014,676 16,019,568 24,029,352 and 48,058,704, with no remainder.

Since 48,058,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,058,704, 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).