Q: Is 48,452,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,452,352 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 48,452,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 23 24 26 32 39 46 48 52 64 69 78 92 96 104 128 138 156 184 192 208 211 256 276 299 312 368 384 416 422 552 598 624 633 736 768 832 844 897 1,104 1,196 1,248 1,266 1,472 1,664 1,688 1,794 2,208 2,392 2,496 2,532 2,743 2,944 3,328 3,376 3,588 4,416 4,784 4,853 4,992 5,064 5,486 5,888 6,752 7,176 8,229 8,832 9,568 9,706 9,984 10,128 10,972 13,504 14,352 14,559 16,458 17,664 19,136 19,412 20,256 21,944 27,008 28,704 29,118 32,916 38,272 38,824 40,512 43,888 54,016 57,408 58,236 63,089 65,832 76,544 77,648 81,024 87,776 114,816 116,472 126,178 131,664 155,296 162,048 175,552 189,267 229,632 232,944 252,356 263,328 310,592 351,104 378,534 465,888 504,712 526,656 621,184 702,208 757,068 931,776 1,009,424 1,053,312 1,242,368 1,514,136 1,863,552 2,018,848 2,106,624 3,028,272 3,727,104 4,037,696 6,056,544 8,075,392 12,113,088 16,150,784 24,226,176 and 48,452,352, with no remainder.

Since 48,452,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,452,352, 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).