Q: Is 50,132,745 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,132,745 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 50,132,745 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 13 15 17 39 45 51 65 71 85 117 153 195 213 221 255 355 585 639 663 765 923 1,065 1,105 1,207 1,989 2,769 3,195 3,315 3,621 4,615 5,041 6,035 8,307 9,945 10,863 13,845 15,123 15,691 18,105 25,205 41,535 45,369 47,073 54,315 65,533 75,615 78,455 85,697 141,219 196,599 226,845 235,365 257,091 327,665 428,485 589,797 706,095 771,273 982,995 1,114,061 1,285,455 2,948,985 3,342,183 3,856,365 5,570,305 10,026,549 16,710,915 and 50,132,745, with no remainder.

Since 50,132,745 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,132,745, 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).