Q: Is 27,124,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,124,860 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 27,124,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 28 29 30 34 35 42 51 58 60 68 70 84 85 87 102 105 116 119 131 140 145 170 174 203 204 210 238 255 262 290 340 348 357 393 406 420 435 476 493 510 524 580 595 609 655 714 786 812 870 917 986 1,015 1,020 1,190 1,218 1,310 1,428 1,479 1,572 1,740 1,785 1,834 1,965 1,972 2,030 2,227 2,380 2,436 2,465 2,620 2,751 2,958 3,045 3,451 3,570 3,668 3,799 3,930 4,060 4,454 4,585 4,930 5,502 5,916 6,090 6,681 6,902 7,140 7,395 7,598 7,860 8,908 9,170 9,860 10,353 11,004 11,135 11,397 12,180 13,362 13,755 13,804 14,790 15,196 15,589 17,255 18,340 18,995 20,706 22,270 22,794 26,593 26,724 27,510 29,580 31,178 33,405 34,510 37,990 41,412 44,540 45,588 46,767 51,765 53,186 55,020 56,985 62,356 64,583 66,810 69,020 75,980 77,945 79,779 93,534 103,530 106,372 113,970 129,166 132,965 133,620 155,890 159,558 187,068 193,749 207,060 227,940 233,835 258,332 265,930 311,780 319,116 322,915 387,498 398,895 452,081 467,670 531,860 645,830 774,996 797,790 904,162 935,340 968,745 1,291,660 1,356,243 1,595,580 1,808,324 1,937,490 2,260,405 2,712,486 3,874,980 4,520,810 5,424,972 6,781,215 9,041,620 13,562,430 and 27,124,860, with no remainder.

Since 27,124,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,124,860, 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).