Q: Is 50,542,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,542,320 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 50,542,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 197 240 394 591 788 985 1,069 1,182 1,576 1,970 2,138 2,364 2,955 3,152 3,207 3,940 4,276 4,728 5,345 5,910 6,414 7,880 8,552 9,456 10,690 11,820 12,828 15,760 16,035 17,104 21,380 23,640 25,656 32,070 42,760 47,280 51,312 64,140 85,520 128,280 210,593 256,560 421,186 631,779 842,372 1,052,965 1,263,558 1,684,744 2,105,930 2,527,116 3,158,895 3,369,488 4,211,860 5,054,232 6,317,790 8,423,720 10,108,464 12,635,580 16,847,440 25,271,160 and 50,542,320, with no remainder.

Since 50,542,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,542,320, 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).