Q: Is 49,732,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 49,732,144 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 49,732,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 37 44 56 74 77 88 112 148 154 176 259 296 308 407 518 592 616 814 1,036 1,091 1,232 1,628 2,072 2,182 2,849 3,256 4,144 4,364 5,698 6,512 7,637 8,728 11,396 12,001 15,274 17,456 22,792 24,002 30,548 40,367 45,584 48,004 61,096 80,734 84,007 96,008 122,192 161,468 168,014 192,016 282,569 322,936 336,028 444,037 565,138 645,872 672,056 888,074 1,130,276 1,344,112 1,776,148 2,260,552 3,108,259 3,552,296 4,521,104 6,216,518 7,104,592 12,433,036 24,866,072 and 49,732,144, with no remainder.

Since 49,732,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 49,732,144, 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).