Q: Is 27,239,874 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,239,874 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 27,239,874 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 29 58 87 89 174 178 267 534 1,759 2,581 3,518 5,162 5,277 7,743 10,554 15,486 51,011 102,022 153,033 156,551 306,066 313,102 469,653 939,306 4,539,979 9,079,958 13,619,937 and 27,239,874, with no remainder.

Since 27,239,874 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,239,874, 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).