Q: Is 48,455,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,455,568 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 48,455,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 53 56 63 72 84 106 112 126 144 159 168 212 252 318 336 371 424 477 504 636 742 848 907 954 1,008 1,113 1,272 1,484 1,814 1,908 2,226 2,544 2,721 2,968 3,339 3,628 3,816 4,452 5,442 5,936 6,349 6,678 7,256 7,632 8,163 8,904 10,884 12,698 13,356 14,512 16,326 17,808 19,047 21,768 25,396 26,712 32,652 38,094 43,536 48,071 50,792 53,424 57,141 65,304 76,188 96,142 101,584 114,282 130,608 144,213 152,376 192,284 228,564 288,426 304,752 336,497 384,568 432,639 457,128 576,852 672,994 769,136 865,278 914,256 1,009,491 1,153,704 1,345,988 1,730,556 2,018,982 2,307,408 2,691,976 3,028,473 3,461,112 4,037,964 5,383,952 6,056,946 6,922,224 8,075,928 12,113,892 16,151,856 24,227,784 and 48,455,568, with no remainder.

Since 48,455,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,455,568, 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).