Q: Is 27,283,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,283,552 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 27,283,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 53 106 212 424 848 1,696 16,087 32,174 64,348 128,696 257,392 514,784 852,611 1,705,222 3,410,444 6,820,888 13,641,776 and 27,283,552, with no remainder.

Since 27,283,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,283,552, 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).