Q: Is 50,471,505 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,471,505 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 50,471,505 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 15 19 21 27 35 45 57 63 81 95 105 133 135 171 189 285 315 399 405 513 567 665 855 937 945 1,197 1,539 1,995 2,565 2,811 2,835 3,591 4,685 5,985 6,559 7,695 8,433 10,773 14,055 17,803 17,955 19,677 25,299 32,795 42,165 53,409 53,865 59,031 75,897 89,015 98,385 124,621 126,495 160,227 177,093 267,045 295,155 373,863 379,485 480,681 531,279 623,105 801,135 885,465 1,121,589 1,442,043 1,869,315 2,403,405 2,656,395 3,364,767 5,607,945 7,210,215 10,094,301 16,823,835 and 50,471,505, with no remainder.

Since 50,471,505 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,471,505, 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).