Q: Is 27,127,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,127,728 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 27,127,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 36 48 59 62 72 93 103 118 124 144 177 186 206 236 248 279 309 354 372 412 472 496 531 558 618 708 744 824 927 944 1,062 1,116 1,236 1,416 1,488 1,648 1,829 1,854 2,124 2,232 2,472 2,832 3,193 3,658 3,708 4,248 4,464 4,944 5,487 6,077 6,386 7,316 7,416 8,496 9,579 10,974 12,154 12,772 14,632 14,832 16,461 18,231 19,158 21,948 24,308 25,544 28,737 29,264 32,922 36,462 38,316 43,896 48,616 51,088 54,693 57,474 65,844 72,924 76,632 87,792 97,232 109,386 114,948 131,688 145,848 153,264 188,387 218,772 229,896 263,376 291,696 376,774 437,544 459,792 565,161 753,548 875,088 1,130,322 1,507,096 1,695,483 2,260,644 3,014,192 3,390,966 4,521,288 6,781,932 9,042,576 13,563,864 and 27,127,728, with no remainder.

Since 27,127,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,127,728, 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).