Q: Is 48,203,946 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,203,946 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 48,203,946 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 31 41 42 43 49 62 63 82 86 93 98 123 126 129 147 186 217 246 258 279 287 294 301 369 387 434 441 558 574 602 651 738 774 861 882 903 1,271 1,302 1,333 1,519 1,722 1,763 1,806 1,953 2,009 2,107 2,542 2,583 2,666 2,709 3,038 3,526 3,813 3,906 3,999 4,018 4,214 4,557 5,166 5,289 5,418 6,027 6,321 7,626 7,998 8,897 9,114 9,331 10,578 11,439 11,997 12,054 12,341 12,642 13,671 15,867 17,794 18,081 18,662 18,963 22,878 23,994 24,682 26,691 27,342 27,993 31,734 36,162 37,023 37,926 53,382 54,653 55,986 62,279 65,317 74,046 80,073 83,979 86,387 109,306 111,069 124,558 130,634 160,146 163,959 167,958 172,774 186,837 195,951 222,138 259,161 327,918 373,674 382,571 391,902 491,877 518,322 560,511 587,853 765,142 777,483 983,754 1,121,022 1,147,713 1,175,706 1,554,966 2,295,426 2,677,997 3,443,139 5,355,994 6,886,278 8,033,991 16,067,982 24,101,973 and 48,203,946, with no remainder.

Since 48,203,946 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,203,946, 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).