Q: Is 27,067,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,067,872 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 27,067,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 23 24 26 32 39 41 46 48 52 69 78 82 92 96 104 123 138 156 164 184 208 246 276 299 312 328 368 416 492 529 533 552 598 624 656 736 897 943 984 1,058 1,066 1,104 1,196 1,248 1,312 1,587 1,599 1,794 1,886 1,968 2,116 2,132 2,208 2,392 2,829 3,174 3,198 3,588 3,772 3,936 4,232 4,264 4,784 5,658 6,348 6,396 6,877 7,176 7,544 8,464 8,528 9,568 11,316 12,259 12,696 12,792 13,754 14,352 15,088 16,928 17,056 20,631 21,689 22,632 24,518 25,392 25,584 27,508 28,704 30,176 36,777 41,262 43,378 45,264 49,036 50,784 51,168 55,016 65,067 73,554 82,524 86,756 90,528 98,072 110,032 130,134 147,108 165,048 173,512 196,144 220,064 260,268 281,957 294,216 330,096 347,024 392,288 520,536 563,914 588,432 660,192 694,048 845,871 1,041,072 1,127,828 1,176,864 1,691,742 2,082,144 2,255,656 3,383,484 4,511,312 6,766,968 9,022,624 13,533,936 and 27,067,872, with no remainder.

Since 27,067,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,067,872, 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).