Q: Is 27,288,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,288,240 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 27,288,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 37 40 42 48 56 60 70 74 80 84 105 111 112 120 140 148 168 185 210 222 240 259 280 296 336 370 420 439 444 518 555 560 592 740 777 840 878 888 1,036 1,110 1,295 1,317 1,480 1,554 1,680 1,756 1,776 2,072 2,195 2,220 2,590 2,634 2,960 3,073 3,108 3,512 3,885 4,144 4,390 4,440 5,180 5,268 6,146 6,216 6,585 7,024 7,770 8,780 8,880 9,219 10,360 10,536 12,292 12,432 13,170 15,365 15,540 16,243 17,560 18,438 20,720 21,072 24,584 26,340 30,730 31,080 32,486 35,120 36,876 46,095 48,729 49,168 52,680 61,460 62,160 64,972 73,752 81,215 92,190 97,458 105,360 113,701 122,920 129,944 147,504 162,430 184,380 194,916 227,402 243,645 245,840 259,888 324,860 341,103 368,760 389,832 454,804 487,290 568,505 649,720 682,206 737,520 779,664 909,608 974,580 1,137,010 1,299,440 1,364,412 1,705,515 1,819,216 1,949,160 2,274,020 2,728,824 3,411,030 3,898,320 4,548,040 5,457,648 6,822,060 9,096,080 13,644,120 and 27,288,240, with no remainder.

Since 27,288,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,288,240, 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).