Q: Is 50,277,942 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,277,942 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 50,277,942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 17 18 22 26 27 33 34 39 51 54 66 78 99 102 117 143 153 187 198 221 234 286 297 306 351 374 383 429 442 459 561 594 663 702 766 858 918 1,122 1,149 1,287 1,326 1,683 1,989 2,298 2,431 2,574 3,366 3,447 3,861 3,978 4,213 4,862 4,979 5,049 5,967 6,511 6,894 7,293 7,722 8,426 9,958 10,098 10,341 11,934 12,639 13,022 14,586 14,937 19,533 20,682 21,879 25,278 29,874 37,917 39,066 43,758 44,811 54,769 58,599 65,637 71,621 75,834 84,643 89,622 109,538 113,751 117,198 131,274 134,433 143,242 164,307 169,286 175,797 214,863 227,502 253,929 268,866 328,614 351,594 429,726 492,921 507,858 644,589 761,787 931,073 985,842 1,289,178 1,478,763 1,523,574 1,862,146 1,933,767 2,285,361 2,793,219 2,957,526 3,867,534 4,570,722 5,586,438 8,379,657 16,759,314 25,138,971 and 50,277,942, with no remainder.

Since 50,277,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,277,942, 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).