Q: Is 48,063,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,063,240 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 48,063,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 90 108 120 135 180 191 216 233 270 360 382 466 540 573 699 764 932 955 1,080 1,146 1,165 1,398 1,528 1,719 1,864 1,910 2,097 2,292 2,330 2,796 2,865 3,438 3,495 3,820 4,194 4,584 4,660 5,157 5,592 5,730 6,291 6,876 6,990 7,640 8,388 8,595 9,320 10,314 10,485 11,460 12,582 13,752 13,980 16,776 17,190 20,628 20,970 22,920 25,164 25,785 27,960 31,455 34,380 41,256 41,940 44,503 50,328 51,570 62,910 68,760 83,880 89,006 103,140 125,820 133,509 178,012 206,280 222,515 251,640 267,018 356,024 400,527 445,030 534,036 667,545 801,054 890,060 1,068,072 1,201,581 1,335,090 1,602,108 1,780,120 2,002,635 2,403,162 2,670,180 3,204,216 4,005,270 4,806,324 5,340,360 6,007,905 8,010,540 9,612,648 12,015,810 16,021,080 24,031,620 and 48,063,240, with no remainder.

Since 48,063,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,063,240, 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).