Q: Is 26,676,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 26,676,936 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 26,676,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 72 78 88 99 104 117 132 143 156 198 234 264 286 312 396 429 468 572 792 858 936 1,144 1,287 1,716 2,574 2,591 3,432 5,148 5,182 7,773 10,296 10,364 15,546 20,728 23,319 28,501 31,092 33,683 46,638 57,002 62,184 67,366 85,503 93,276 101,049 114,004 134,732 171,006 186,552 202,098 228,008 256,509 269,464 303,147 342,012 370,513 404,196 513,018 606,294 684,024 741,026 808,392 1,026,036 1,111,539 1,212,588 1,482,052 2,052,072 2,223,078 2,425,176 2,964,104 3,334,617 4,446,156 6,669,234 8,892,312 13,338,468 and 26,676,936, with no remainder.

Since 26,676,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 26,676,936, 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).