Q: Is 48,468,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,468,224 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 48,468,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 32 34 37 43 56 64 68 74 86 112 119 128 136 148 172 224 238 256 259 272 296 301 344 448 476 518 544 592 602 629 688 731 896 952 1,036 1,088 1,184 1,204 1,258 1,376 1,462 1,591 1,792 1,904 2,072 2,176 2,368 2,408 2,516 2,752 2,924 3,182 3,808 4,144 4,352 4,403 4,736 4,816 5,032 5,117 5,504 5,848 6,364 7,616 8,288 8,806 9,472 9,632 10,064 10,234 11,008 11,137 11,696 12,728 15,232 16,576 17,612 19,264 20,128 20,468 22,274 23,392 25,456 27,047 30,464 33,152 35,224 38,528 40,256 40,936 44,548 46,784 50,912 54,094 66,304 70,448 77,056 80,512 81,872 89,096 93,568 101,824 108,188 140,896 161,024 163,744 178,192 187,136 189,329 203,648 216,376 281,792 327,488 356,384 378,658 407,296 432,752 563,584 654,976 712,768 757,316 865,504 1,127,168 1,309,952 1,425,536 1,514,632 1,731,008 2,851,072 3,029,264 3,462,016 6,058,528 6,924,032 12,117,056 24,234,112 and 48,468,224, with no remainder.

Since 48,468,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,468,224, 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).