Q: Is 50,163,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,163,008 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 50,163,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 41 56 64 82 112 164 224 287 328 448 574 656 1,148 1,312 2,296 2,624 2,731 4,592 5,462 9,184 10,924 18,368 19,117 21,848 38,234 43,696 76,468 87,392 111,971 152,936 174,784 223,942 305,872 447,884 611,744 783,797 895,768 1,223,488 1,567,594 1,791,536 3,135,188 3,583,072 6,270,376 7,166,144 12,540,752 25,081,504 and 50,163,008, with no remainder.

Since 50,163,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,163,008, 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).