Q: Is 50,738,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,738,616 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 50,738,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 216 467 503 934 1,006 1,401 1,509 1,868 2,012 2,802 3,018 3,736 4,024 4,203 4,527 5,604 6,036 8,406 9,054 11,208 12,072 12,609 13,581 16,812 18,108 25,218 27,162 33,624 36,216 50,436 54,324 100,872 108,648 234,901 469,802 704,703 939,604 1,409,406 1,879,208 2,114,109 2,818,812 4,228,218 5,637,624 6,342,327 8,456,436 12,684,654 16,912,872 25,369,308 and 50,738,616, with no remainder.

Since 50,738,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,738,616, 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).