Q: Is 50,314,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,314,240 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 50,314,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 31 32 40 62 64 80 124 128 155 160 248 256 310 317 320 496 512 620 634 640 992 1,024 1,240 1,268 1,280 1,585 1,984 2,480 2,536 2,560 3,170 3,968 4,960 5,072 5,120 6,340 7,936 9,827 9,920 10,144 12,680 15,872 19,654 19,840 20,288 25,360 31,744 39,308 39,680 40,576 49,135 50,720 78,616 79,360 81,152 98,270 101,440 157,232 158,720 162,304 196,540 202,880 314,464 324,608 393,080 405,760 628,928 786,160 811,520 1,257,856 1,572,320 1,623,040 2,515,712 3,144,640 5,031,424 6,289,280 10,062,848 12,578,560 25,157,120 and 50,314,240, with no remainder.

Since 50,314,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,314,240, 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).