Q: Is 48,178,728 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 48,178,728 is a composite number.

Why is 48,178,728 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 48,178,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 234 312 468 936 51,473 102,946 154,419 205,892 308,838 411,784 463,257 617,676 669,149 926,514 1,235,352 1,338,298 1,853,028 2,007,447 2,676,596 3,706,056 4,014,894 5,353,192 6,022,341 8,029,788 12,044,682 16,059,576 24,089,364 and 48,178,728, with no remainder.

Since 48,178,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,178,728, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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