Q: Is 50,245,300 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,245,300 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 50,245,300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 25 28 35 50 70 100 140 175 179 350 358 401 700 716 802 895 1,253 1,604 1,790 2,005 2,506 2,807 3,580 4,010 4,475 5,012 5,614 6,265 8,020 8,950 10,025 11,228 12,530 14,035 17,900 20,050 25,060 28,070 31,325 40,100 56,140 62,650 70,175 71,779 125,300 140,350 143,558 280,700 287,116 358,895 502,453 717,790 1,004,906 1,435,580 1,794,475 2,009,812 2,512,265 3,588,950 5,024,530 7,177,900 10,049,060 12,561,325 25,122,650 and 50,245,300, with no remainder.

Since 50,245,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,245,300, 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).