Q: Is 47,437,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 47,437,600 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 47,437,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 32 35 40 43 50 56 70 80 86 100 112 140 160 172 175 197 200 215 224 280 301 344 350 394 400 430 560 602 688 700 788 800 860 985 1,075 1,120 1,204 1,376 1,379 1,400 1,505 1,576 1,720 1,970 2,150 2,408 2,758 2,800 3,010 3,152 3,440 3,940 4,300 4,816 4,925 5,516 5,600 6,020 6,304 6,880 6,895 7,525 7,880 8,471 8,600 9,632 9,850 11,032 12,040 13,790 15,050 15,760 16,942 17,200 19,700 22,064 24,080 27,580 30,100 31,520 33,884 34,400 34,475 39,400 42,355 44,128 48,160 55,160 59,297 60,200 67,768 68,950 78,800 84,710 110,320 118,594 120,400 135,536 137,900 157,600 169,420 211,775 220,640 237,188 240,800 271,072 275,800 296,485 338,840 423,550 474,376 551,600 592,970 677,680 847,100 948,752 1,103,200 1,185,940 1,355,360 1,482,425 1,694,200 1,897,504 2,371,880 2,964,850 3,388,400 4,743,760 5,929,700 6,776,800 9,487,520 11,859,400 23,718,800 and 47,437,600, with no remainder.

Since 47,437,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 47,437,600, 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).