Q: Is 27,125,778 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,125,778 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 27,125,778 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 73 102 146 219 438 1,241 2,482 3,643 3,723 7,286 7,446 10,929 21,858 61,931 123,862 185,793 265,939 371,586 531,878 797,817 1,595,634 4,520,963 9,041,926 13,562,889 and 27,125,778, with no remainder.

Since 27,125,778 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,125,778, 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).