Q: Is 27,106,530 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,106,530 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 27,106,530 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 55 66 110 165 330 82,141 164,282 246,423 410,705 492,846 821,410 903,551 1,232,115 1,807,102 2,464,230 2,710,653 4,517,755 5,421,306 9,035,510 13,553,265 and 27,106,530, with no remainder.

Since 27,106,530 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,106,530, 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).