Q: Is 27,201,714 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,201,714 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 27,201,714 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 43 59 86 118 129 177 258 354 1,787 2,537 3,574 5,074 5,361 7,611 10,722 15,222 76,841 105,433 153,682 210,866 230,523 316,299 461,046 632,598 4,533,619 9,067,238 13,600,857 and 27,201,714, with no remainder.

Since 27,201,714 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,201,714, 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).