Q: Is 27,163,626 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,163,626 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 27,163,626 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 31 42 62 93 186 217 434 651 673 961 1,302 1,346 1,922 2,019 2,883 4,038 4,711 5,766 6,727 9,422 13,454 14,133 20,181 20,863 28,266 40,362 41,726 62,589 125,178 146,041 292,082 438,123 646,753 876,246 1,293,506 1,940,259 3,880,518 4,527,271 9,054,542 13,581,813 and 27,163,626, with no remainder.

Since 27,163,626 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,163,626, 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).