Q: Is 27,232,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,232,368 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 27,232,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 23 24 34 46 48 51 68 69 92 102 136 138 184 204 272 276 368 391 408 552 782 816 1,104 1,173 1,451 1,564 2,346 2,902 3,128 4,353 4,692 5,804 6,256 8,706 9,384 11,608 17,412 18,768 23,216 24,667 33,373 34,824 49,334 66,746 69,648 74,001 98,668 100,119 133,492 148,002 197,336 200,238 266,984 296,004 394,672 400,476 533,968 567,341 592,008 800,952 1,134,682 1,184,016 1,601,904 1,702,023 2,269,364 3,404,046 4,538,728 6,808,092 9,077,456 13,616,184 and 27,232,368, with no remainder.

Since 27,232,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,232,368, 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).