Q: Is 50,350,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,350,048 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 50,350,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 98 112 163 196 197 224 326 392 394 652 784 788 1,141 1,304 1,379 1,568 1,576 2,282 2,608 2,758 3,152 4,564 5,216 5,516 6,304 7,987 9,128 9,653 11,032 15,974 18,256 19,306 22,064 31,948 32,111 36,512 38,612 44,128 63,896 64,222 77,224 127,792 128,444 154,448 224,777 255,584 256,888 308,896 449,554 513,776 899,108 1,027,552 1,573,439 1,798,216 3,146,878 3,596,432 6,293,756 7,192,864 12,587,512 25,175,024 and 50,350,048, with no remainder.

Since 50,350,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,350,048, 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).