Q: Is 27,125,846 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,125,846 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 27,125,846 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 17 22 29 34 41 58 61 82 122 187 319 374 451 493 638 671 697 902 986 1,037 1,189 1,342 1,394 1,769 2,074 2,378 2,501 3,538 5,002 5,423 7,667 10,846 11,407 13,079 15,334 19,459 20,213 22,814 26,158 27,511 30,073 38,918 40,426 42,517 55,022 60,146 72,529 85,034 145,058 222,343 330,803 444,686 467,687 661,606 797,819 935,374 1,232,993 1,595,638 2,465,986 13,562,923 and 27,125,846, with no remainder.

Since 27,125,846 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,125,846, 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).