Q: Is 49,471,422 a Composite Number?

Why is 49,471,422 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 49,471,422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 33 39 42 66 77 78 91 143 154 182 231 273 286 429 462 546 858 1,001 2,002 3,003 6,006 8,237 16,474 24,711 49,422 57,659 90,607 107,081 115,318 172,977 181,214 214,162 271,821 321,243 345,954 543,642 634,249 642,486 749,567 1,177,891 1,268,498 1,499,134 1,902,747 2,248,701 2,355,782 3,533,673 3,805,494 4,497,402 7,067,346 8,245,237 16,490,474 24,735,711 and 49,471,422, with no remainder.

Since 49,471,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 49,471,422, 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).