Q: Is 27,119,204 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,119,204 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 27,119,204 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 41 82 164 287 574 1,148 23,623 47,246 94,492 165,361 330,722 661,444 968,543 1,937,086 3,874,172 6,779,801 13,559,602 and 27,119,204, with no remainder.

Since 27,119,204 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,119,204, 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).