Q: Is 48,921,642 a Composite Number?

Why is 48,921,642 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 48,921,642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 47 63 66 77 94 99 126 141 154 198 231 282 329 423 462 517 658 693 751 846 987 1,034 1,386 1,502 1,551 1,974 2,253 2,961 3,102 3,619 4,506 4,653 5,257 5,922 6,759 7,238 8,261 9,306 10,514 10,857 13,518 15,771 16,522 21,714 24,783 31,542 32,571 35,297 47,313 49,566 57,827 65,142 70,594 74,349 94,626 105,891 115,654 148,698 173,481 211,782 247,079 317,673 346,962 388,267 494,158 520,443 635,346 741,237 776,534 1,040,886 1,164,801 1,482,474 2,223,711 2,329,602 2,717,869 3,494,403 4,447,422 5,435,738 6,988,806 8,153,607 16,307,214 24,460,821 and 48,921,642, with no remainder.

Since 48,921,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 48,921,642, 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).