Q: Is 27,125,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,125,252 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 27,125,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 44 77 154 308 88,069 176,138 352,276 616,483 968,759 1,232,966 1,937,518 2,465,932 3,875,036 6,781,313 13,562,626 and 27,125,252, with no remainder.

Since 27,125,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,125,252, 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).