Q: Is 50,224,212 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,224,212 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 50,224,212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 81 108 162 163 243 317 324 326 486 489 634 652 951 972 978 1,268 1,467 1,902 1,956 2,853 2,934 3,804 4,401 5,706 5,868 8,559 8,802 11,412 13,203 17,118 17,604 25,677 26,406 34,236 39,609 51,354 51,671 52,812 77,031 79,218 102,708 103,342 154,062 155,013 158,436 206,684 308,124 310,026 465,039 620,052 930,078 1,395,117 1,860,156 2,790,234 4,185,351 5,580,468 8,370,702 12,556,053 16,741,404 25,112,106 and 50,224,212, with no remainder.

Since 50,224,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,224,212, 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).