Q: Is 48,918,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,918,744 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 48,918,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 31 36 42 56 62 63 72 84 93 101 124 126 168 186 202 217 248 252 279 303 372 404 434 504 558 606 651 707 744 808 868 909 961 1,116 1,212 1,302 1,414 1,736 1,818 1,922 1,953 2,121 2,232 2,424 2,604 2,828 2,883 3,131 3,636 3,844 3,906 4,242 5,208 5,656 5,766 6,262 6,363 6,727 7,272 7,688 7,812 8,484 8,649 9,393 11,532 12,524 12,726 13,454 15,624 16,968 17,298 18,786 20,181 21,917 23,064 25,048 25,452 26,908 28,179 34,596 37,572 40,362 43,834 50,904 53,816 56,358 60,543 65,751 69,192 75,144 80,724 87,668 97,061 112,716 121,086 131,502 161,448 175,336 194,122 197,253 225,432 242,172 263,004 291,183 388,244 394,506 484,344 526,008 582,366 679,427 776,488 789,012 873,549 1,164,732 1,358,854 1,578,024 1,747,098 2,038,281 2,329,464 2,717,708 3,494,196 4,076,562 5,435,416 6,114,843 6,988,392 8,153,124 12,229,686 16,306,248 24,459,372 and 48,918,744, with no remainder.

Since 48,918,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,918,744, 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).