Q: Is 27,128,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,128,088 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 27,128,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,404 2,808 9,661 19,322 28,983 38,644 57,966 77,288 86,949 115,932 125,593 173,898 231,864 251,186 260,847 347,796 376,779 502,372 521,694 695,592 753,558 1,004,744 1,043,388 1,130,337 1,507,116 2,086,776 2,260,674 3,014,232 3,391,011 4,521,348 6,782,022 9,042,696 13,564,044 and 27,128,088, with no remainder.

Since 27,128,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,128,088, 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).