Q: Is 26,135,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 26,135,136 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 26,135,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 864 972 1,296 1,944 2,592 3,361 3,888 6,722 7,776 10,083 13,444 20,166 26,888 30,249 40,332 53,776 60,498 80,664 90,747 107,552 120,996 161,328 181,494 241,992 272,241 322,656 362,988 483,984 544,482 725,976 816,723 967,968 1,088,964 1,451,952 1,633,446 2,177,928 2,903,904 3,266,892 4,355,856 6,533,784 8,711,712 13,067,568 and 26,135,136, with no remainder.

Since 26,135,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 26,135,136, 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).