Q: Is 27,308,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,308,624 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 27,308,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 38 41 56 76 82 112 133 152 164 266 287 304 313 328 532 574 626 656 779 1,064 1,148 1,252 1,558 2,128 2,191 2,296 2,504 3,116 4,382 4,592 5,008 5,453 5,947 6,232 8,764 10,906 11,894 12,464 12,833 17,528 21,812 23,788 25,666 35,056 41,629 43,624 47,576 51,332 83,258 87,248 89,831 95,152 102,664 166,516 179,662 205,328 243,827 333,032 359,324 487,654 666,064 718,648 975,308 1,437,296 1,706,789 1,950,616 3,413,578 3,901,232 6,827,156 13,654,312 and 27,308,624, with no remainder.

Since 27,308,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,308,624, 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).