Q: Is 26,017,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 26,017,740 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 26,017,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 35 36 42 45 54 60 63 70 84 90 105 108 126 135 140 180 189 210 252 270 315 378 420 540 630 756 945 1,260 1,890 3,780 6,883 13,766 20,649 27,532 34,415 41,298 48,181 61,947 68,830 82,596 96,362 103,245 123,894 137,660 144,543 185,841 192,724 206,490 240,905 247,788 289,086 309,735 371,682 412,980 433,629 481,810 578,172 619,470 722,715 743,364 867,258 929,205 963,620 1,238,940 1,300,887 1,445,430 1,734,516 1,858,410 2,168,145 2,601,774 2,890,860 3,716,820 4,336,290 5,203,548 6,504,435 8,672,580 13,008,870 and 26,017,740, with no remainder.

Since 26,017,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 26,017,740, 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).