Q: Is 48,888,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,888,576 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 48,888,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 64 66 72 88 96 99 108 128 132 144 176 192 198 216 256 264 288 297 352 384 396 432 528 576 594 643 704 768 792 864 1,056 1,152 1,188 1,286 1,408 1,584 1,728 1,929 2,112 2,304 2,376 2,572 2,816 3,168 3,456 3,858 4,224 4,752 5,144 5,787 6,336 6,912 7,073 7,716 8,448 9,504 10,288 11,574 12,672 14,146 15,432 17,361 19,008 20,576 21,219 23,148 25,344 28,292 30,864 34,722 38,016 41,152 42,438 46,296 56,584 61,728 63,657 69,444 76,032 82,304 84,876 92,592 113,168 123,456 127,314 138,888 164,608 169,752 185,184 190,971 226,336 246,912 254,628 277,776 339,504 370,368 381,942 452,672 493,824 509,256 555,552 679,008 740,736 763,884 905,344 1,018,512 1,111,104 1,358,016 1,481,472 1,527,768 1,810,688 2,037,024 2,222,208 2,716,032 3,055,536 4,074,048 4,444,416 5,432,064 6,111,072 8,148,096 12,222,144 16,296,192 24,444,288 and 48,888,576, with no remainder.

Since 48,888,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,888,576, 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).