Q: Is 27,202,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,202,672 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 27,202,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 89 112 178 356 623 712 1,246 1,424 2,492 2,729 4,984 5,458 9,968 10,916 19,103 21,832 38,206 43,664 76,412 152,824 242,881 305,648 485,762 971,524 1,700,167 1,943,048 3,400,334 3,886,096 6,800,668 13,601,336 and 27,202,672, with no remainder.

Since 27,202,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,202,672, 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).