Q: Is 48,485,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,485,736 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 48,485,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 31 36 39 52 54 62 72 78 93 104 108 117 124 156 186 216 234 248 279 312 351 372 403 468 557 558 702 744 806 837 936 1,114 1,116 1,209 1,404 1,612 1,671 1,674 2,228 2,232 2,418 2,808 3,224 3,342 3,348 3,627 4,456 4,836 5,013 6,684 6,696 7,241 7,254 9,672 10,026 10,881 13,368 14,482 14,508 15,039 17,267 20,052 21,723 21,762 28,964 29,016 30,078 34,534 40,104 43,446 43,524 51,801 57,928 60,156 65,169 69,068 86,892 87,048 103,602 120,312 130,338 138,136 155,403 173,784 195,507 207,204 224,471 260,676 310,806 391,014 414,408 448,942 466,209 521,352 621,612 673,413 782,028 897,884 932,418 1,243,224 1,346,826 1,564,056 1,795,768 1,864,836 2,020,239 2,693,652 3,729,672 4,040,478 5,387,304 6,060,717 8,080,956 12,121,434 16,161,912 24,242,868 and 48,485,736, with no remainder.

Since 48,485,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,485,736, 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).