Q: Is 27,207,315 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,207,315 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 27,207,315 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 45 157 471 785 1,413 2,355 3,851 7,065 11,553 19,255 34,659 57,765 173,295 604,607 1,813,821 3,023,035 5,441,463 9,069,105 and 27,207,315, with no remainder.

Since 27,207,315 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,207,315, 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).