Q: Is 27,201,684 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,201,684 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 27,201,684 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 827 1,654 2,481 2,741 3,308 4,962 5,482 8,223 9,924 10,964 16,446 32,892 2,266,807 4,533,614 6,800,421 9,067,228 13,600,842 and 27,201,684, with no remainder.

Since 27,201,684 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,201,684, 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).