Q: Is 27,202,674 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,202,674 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 27,202,674 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 53 106 131 159 262 318 393 653 786 1,306 1,959 3,918 6,943 13,886 20,829 34,609 41,658 69,218 85,543 103,827 171,086 207,654 256,629 513,258 4,533,779 9,067,558 13,601,337 and 27,202,674, with no remainder.

Since 27,202,674 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,202,674, 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).