Q: Is 27,228,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,228,432 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 27,228,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 53 56 66 77 84 88 106 112 132 139 154 159 168 176 212 231 264 278 308 318 336 371 417 424 462 528 556 583 616 636 742 834 848 924 973 1,112 1,113 1,166 1,232 1,272 1,484 1,529 1,668 1,749 1,848 1,946 2,224 2,226 2,332 2,544 2,919 2,968 3,058 3,336 3,498 3,696 3,892 4,081 4,452 4,587 4,664 5,838 5,936 6,116 6,672 6,996 7,367 7,784 8,162 8,904 9,174 9,328 10,703 11,676 12,232 12,243 13,992 14,734 15,568 16,324 17,808 18,348 21,406 22,101 23,352 24,464 24,486 27,984 29,468 32,109 32,648 36,696 42,812 44,202 46,704 48,972 51,569 58,936 64,218 65,296 73,392 81,037 85,624 88,404 97,944 103,138 117,872 128,436 154,707 162,074 171,248 176,808 195,888 206,276 243,111 256,872 309,414 324,148 353,616 412,552 486,222 513,744 567,259 618,828 648,296 825,104 972,444 1,134,518 1,237,656 1,296,592 1,701,777 1,944,888 2,269,036 2,475,312 3,403,554 3,889,776 4,538,072 6,807,108 9,076,144 13,614,216 and 27,228,432, with no remainder.

Since 27,228,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,228,432, 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).