Q: Is 27,246,330 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,246,330 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 27,246,330 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 30 45 90 97 194 291 485 582 873 970 1,455 1,746 2,910 3,121 4,365 6,242 8,730 9,363 15,605 18,726 28,089 31,210 46,815 56,178 93,630 140,445 280,890 302,737 605,474 908,211 1,513,685 1,816,422 2,724,633 3,027,370 4,541,055 5,449,266 9,082,110 13,623,165 and 27,246,330, with no remainder.

Since 27,246,330 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,246,330, 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).