Q: Is 26,707,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 26,707,824 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 26,707,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 16 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 44 48 52 66 72 78 88 99 104 117 132 143 144 156 176 198 208 234 264 286 312 396 429 468 528 572 624 792 858 936 1,144 1,287 1,297 1,584 1,716 1,872 2,288 2,574 2,594 3,432 3,891 5,148 5,188 6,864 7,782 10,296 10,376 11,673 14,267 15,564 16,861 20,592 20,752 23,346 28,534 31,128 33,722 42,801 46,692 50,583 57,068 62,256 67,444 85,602 93,384 101,166 114,136 128,403 134,888 151,749 171,204 185,471 186,768 202,332 228,272 256,806 269,776 303,498 342,408 370,942 404,664 513,612 556,413 606,996 684,816 741,884 809,328 1,027,224 1,112,826 1,213,992 1,483,768 1,669,239 2,054,448 2,225,652 2,427,984 2,967,536 3,338,478 4,451,304 6,676,956 8,902,608 13,353,912 and 26,707,824, with no remainder.

Since 26,707,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 26,707,824, 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).