Q: Is 27,201,236 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,201,236 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 27,201,236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 19 38 71 76 142 284 1,349 2,698 5,041 5,396 10,082 20,164 95,779 191,558 357,911 383,116 715,822 1,431,644 6,800,309 13,600,618 and 27,201,236, with no remainder.

Since 27,201,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,201,236, 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).