Q: Is 50,576,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,576,428 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 50,576,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 17 28 34 43 49 68 86 98 119 172 196 238 301 353 476 602 706 731 833 1,204 1,412 1,462 1,666 2,107 2,471 2,924 3,332 4,214 4,942 5,117 6,001 8,428 9,884 10,234 12,002 15,179 17,297 20,468 24,004 30,358 34,594 35,819 42,007 60,716 69,188 71,638 84,014 106,253 143,276 168,028 212,506 258,043 294,049 425,012 516,086 588,098 743,771 1,032,172 1,176,196 1,487,542 1,806,301 2,975,084 3,612,602 7,225,204 12,644,107 25,288,214 and 50,576,428, with no remainder.

Since 50,576,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,576,428, 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).