Q: Is 27,027,858 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,027,858 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 27,027,858 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 17 22 26 33 34 39 51 66 78 102 109 143 187 218 221 286 289 327 374 429 442 561 578 654 663 858 867 1,122 1,199 1,326 1,417 1,734 1,853 2,398 2,431 2,834 3,179 3,597 3,706 3,757 4,251 4,862 5,559 6,358 7,194 7,293 7,514 8,502 9,537 11,118 11,271 14,586 15,587 19,074 20,383 22,542 24,089 31,174 31,501 40,766 41,327 46,761 48,178 61,149 63,002 72,267 82,654 93,522 94,503 122,298 123,981 144,534 189,006 247,962 264,979 346,511 409,513 529,958 693,022 794,937 819,026 1,039,533 1,228,539 1,589,874 2,079,066 2,457,078 4,504,643 9,009,286 13,513,929 and 27,027,858, with no remainder.

Since 27,027,858 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,027,858, 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).