Q: Is 26,415,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 26,415,504 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 26,415,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 47 48 54 72 94 108 141 144 188 216 282 376 423 432 564 752 846 1,128 1,269 1,301 1,692 2,256 2,538 2,602 3,384 3,903 5,076 5,204 6,768 7,806 10,152 10,408 11,709 15,612 20,304 20,816 23,418 31,224 35,127 46,836 61,147 62,448 70,254 93,672 122,294 140,508 183,441 187,344 244,588 281,016 366,882 489,176 550,323 562,032 733,764 978,352 1,100,646 1,467,528 1,650,969 2,201,292 2,935,056 3,301,938 4,402,584 6,603,876 8,805,168 13,207,752 and 26,415,504, with no remainder.

Since 26,415,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 26,415,504, 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).