Q: Is 50,742,342 a Composite Number?

Why is 50,742,342 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 50,742,342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 49 54 63 98 126 127 147 151 189 254 294 302 378 381 441 453 762 882 889 906 1,057 1,143 1,323 1,359 1,778 2,114 2,286 2,646 2,667 2,718 3,171 3,429 4,077 5,334 6,223 6,342 6,858 7,399 8,001 8,154 9,513 12,446 14,798 16,002 18,669 19,026 19,177 22,197 24,003 28,539 37,338 38,354 44,394 48,006 56,007 57,078 57,531 66,591 112,014 115,062 133,182 134,239 168,021 172,593 199,773 268,478 336,042 345,186 399,546 402,717 517,779 805,434 939,673 1,035,558 1,208,151 1,879,346 2,416,302 2,819,019 3,624,453 5,638,038 7,248,906 8,457,057 16,914,114 25,371,171 and 50,742,342, with no remainder.

Since 50,742,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,742,342, 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).