Q: Is 27,170,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,170,400 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 27,170,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 75 80 96 100 120 150 160 200 240 300 400 480 600 800 1,200 2,400 11,321 22,642 33,963 45,284 56,605 67,926 90,568 113,210 135,852 169,815 181,136 226,420 271,704 283,025 339,630 362,272 452,840 543,408 566,050 679,260 849,075 905,680 1,086,816 1,132,100 1,358,520 1,698,150 1,811,360 2,264,200 2,717,040 3,396,300 4,528,400 5,434,080 6,792,600 9,056,800 13,585,200 and 27,170,400, with no remainder.

Since 27,170,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,170,400, 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).