Q: Is 50,223,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,223,240 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 50,223,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 81 90 108 120 135 162 180 216 243 270 324 360 405 486 540 648 810 972 1,080 1,215 1,620 1,944 2,430 3,240 4,860 5,167 9,720 10,334 15,501 20,668 25,835 31,002 41,336 46,503 51,670 62,004 77,505 93,006 103,340 124,008 139,509 155,010 186,012 206,680 232,515 279,018 310,020 372,024 418,527 465,030 558,036 620,040 697,545 837,054 930,060 1,116,072 1,255,581 1,395,090 1,674,108 1,860,120 2,092,635 2,511,162 2,790,180 3,348,216 4,185,270 5,022,324 5,580,360 6,277,905 8,370,540 10,044,648 12,555,810 16,741,080 25,111,620 and 50,223,240, with no remainder.

Since 50,223,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,223,240, 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).