Q: Is 50,176,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,176,152 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 50,176,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 107 108 117 156 167 214 216 234 312 321 334 351 428 468 501 642 668 702 856 936 963 1,002 1,284 1,336 1,391 1,404 1,503 1,926 2,004 2,171 2,568 2,782 2,808 2,889 3,006 3,852 4,008 4,173 4,342 4,509 5,564 5,778 6,012 6,513 7,704 8,346 8,684 9,018 11,128 11,556 12,024 12,519 13,026 16,692 17,368 17,869 18,036 19,539 23,112 25,038 26,052 33,384 35,738 36,072 37,557 39,078 50,076 52,104 53,607 58,617 71,476 75,114 78,156 100,152 107,214 117,234 142,952 150,228 156,312 160,821 214,428 232,297 234,468 300,456 321,642 428,856 464,594 468,936 482,463 643,284 696,891 929,188 964,926 1,286,568 1,393,782 1,858,376 1,929,852 2,090,673 2,787,564 3,859,704 4,181,346 5,575,128 6,272,019 8,362,692 12,544,038 16,725,384 25,088,076 and 50,176,152, with no remainder.

Since 50,176,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,176,152, 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).