Q: Is 49,177,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 49,177,472 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 49,177,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 19 32 38 64 73 76 128 146 152 277 292 304 554 584 608 1,108 1,168 1,216 1,387 2,216 2,336 2,432 2,774 4,432 4,672 5,263 5,548 8,864 9,344 10,526 11,096 17,728 20,221 21,052 22,192 35,456 40,442 42,104 44,384 80,884 84,208 88,768 161,768 168,416 177,536 323,536 336,832 384,199 647,072 673,664 768,398 1,294,144 1,536,796 2,588,288 3,073,592 6,147,184 12,294,368 24,588,736 and 49,177,472, with no remainder.

Since 49,177,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 49,177,472, 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).