Q: Is 27,255,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,255,600 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 27,255,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 36 40 45 48 50 60 67 72 75 80 90 100 113 120 134 144 150 180 200 201 225 226 240 268 300 335 339 360 400 402 450 452 536 565 600 603 670 678 720 804 900 904 1,005 1,017 1,072 1,130 1,200 1,206 1,340 1,356 1,608 1,675 1,695 1,800 1,808 2,010 2,034 2,260 2,412 2,680 2,712 2,825 3,015 3,216 3,350 3,390 3,600 4,020 4,068 4,520 4,824 5,025 5,085 5,360 5,424 5,650 6,030 6,700 6,780 7,571 8,040 8,136 8,475 9,040 9,648 10,050 10,170 11,300 12,060 13,400 13,560 15,075 15,142 16,080 16,272 16,950 20,100 20,340 22,600 22,713 24,120 25,425 26,800 27,120 30,150 30,284 33,900 37,855 40,200 40,680 45,200 45,426 48,240 50,850 60,300 60,568 67,800 68,139 75,710 80,400 81,360 90,852 101,700 113,565 120,600 121,136 135,600 136,278 151,420 181,704 189,275 203,400 227,130 241,200 272,556 302,840 340,695 363,408 378,550 406,800 454,260 545,112 567,825 605,680 681,390 757,100 908,520 1,090,224 1,135,650 1,362,780 1,514,200 1,703,475 1,817,040 2,271,300 2,725,560 3,028,400 3,406,950 4,542,600 5,451,120 6,813,900 9,085,200 13,627,800 and 27,255,600, with no remainder.

Since 27,255,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,255,600, 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).