Q: Is 48,284,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,284,208 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 48,284,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 49 54 56 63 72 84 98 108 112 126 144 147 168 189 196 216 252 294 336 378 392 432 441 504 588 756 784 882 1,008 1,176 1,323 1,512 1,764 2,281 2,352 2,646 3,024 3,528 4,562 5,292 6,843 7,056 9,124 10,584 13,686 15,967 18,248 20,529 21,168 27,372 31,934 36,496 41,058 47,901 54,744 61,587 63,868 82,116 95,802 109,488 111,769 123,174 127,736 143,703 164,232 191,604 223,538 246,348 255,472 287,406 328,464 335,307 383,208 431,109 447,076 492,696 574,812 670,614 766,416 862,218 894,152 985,392 1,005,921 1,149,624 1,341,228 1,724,436 1,788,304 2,011,842 2,299,248 2,682,456 3,017,763 3,448,872 4,023,684 5,364,912 6,035,526 6,897,744 8,047,368 12,071,052 16,094,736 24,142,104 and 48,284,208, with no remainder.

Since 48,284,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,284,208, 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).