Q: Is 48,833,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,833,496 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 48,833,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 73 76 108 114 146 152 163 171 216 219 228 292 326 342 438 456 489 513 584 652 657 684 876 978 1,026 1,304 1,314 1,368 1,387 1,467 1,752 1,956 1,971 2,052 2,628 2,774 2,934 3,097 3,912 3,942 4,104 4,161 4,401 5,256 5,548 5,868 6,194 7,884 8,322 8,802 9,291 11,096 11,736 11,899 12,388 12,483 15,768 16,644 17,604 18,582 23,798 24,776 24,966 27,873 33,288 35,208 35,697 37,164 37,449 47,596 49,932 55,746 71,394 74,328 74,898 83,619 95,192 99,864 107,091 111,492 142,788 149,796 167,238 214,182 222,984 226,081 285,576 299,592 321,273 334,476 428,364 452,162 642,546 668,952 678,243 856,728 904,324 1,285,092 1,356,486 1,808,648 2,034,729 2,570,184 2,712,972 4,069,458 5,425,944 6,104,187 8,138,916 12,208,374 16,277,832 24,416,748 and 48,833,496, with no remainder.

Since 48,833,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,833,496, 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).