Q: Is 27,283,692 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,283,692 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 27,283,692 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 1,297 1,753 2,594 3,506 3,891 5,188 5,259 7,012 7,782 10,518 15,564 21,036 2,273,641 4,547,282 6,820,923 9,094,564 13,641,846 and 27,283,692, with no remainder.

Since 27,283,692 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,283,692, 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).