Q: Is 27,207,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,207,522 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 27,207,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 31 54 62 93 186 279 558 837 1,674 16,253 32,506 48,759 97,518 146,277 292,554 438,831 503,843 877,662 1,007,686 1,511,529 3,023,058 4,534,587 9,069,174 13,603,761 and 27,207,522, with no remainder.

Since 27,207,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,207,522, 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).