Q: Is 27,104,256 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,104,256 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 27,104,256 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 64 68 72 96 102 128 136 144 153 173 192 204 256 272 288 306 346 384 408 512 519 544 576 612 692 768 816 1,024 1,038 1,088 1,152 1,224 1,384 1,536 1,557 1,632 2,076 2,176 2,304 2,448 2,768 2,941 3,072 3,114 3,264 4,152 4,352 4,608 4,896 5,536 5,882 6,228 6,528 8,304 8,704 8,823 9,216 9,792 11,072 11,764 12,456 13,056 16,608 17,408 17,646 19,584 22,144 23,528 24,912 26,112 26,469 33,216 35,292 39,168 44,288 47,056 49,824 52,224 52,938 66,432 70,584 78,336 88,576 94,112 99,648 105,876 132,864 141,168 156,672 177,152 188,224 199,296 211,752 265,728 282,336 376,448 398,592 423,504 531,456 564,672 752,896 797,184 847,008 1,129,344 1,505,792 1,594,368 1,694,016 2,258,688 3,011,584 3,388,032 4,517,376 6,776,064 9,034,752 13,552,128 and 27,104,256, with no remainder.

Since 27,104,256 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,104,256, 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).