Q: Is 27,201,734 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,201,734 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 27,201,734 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 17 34 37 74 119 238 259 518 629 1,258 3,089 4,403 6,178 8,806 21,623 43,246 52,513 105,026 114,293 228,586 367,591 735,182 800,051 1,600,102 1,942,981 3,885,962 13,600,867 and 27,201,734, with no remainder.

Since 27,201,734 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,201,734, 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).