Q: Is 27,366,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,366,752 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 27,366,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 112 224 122,173 244,346 488,692 855,211 977,384 1,710,422 1,954,768 3,420,844 3,909,536 6,841,688 13,683,376 and 27,366,752, with no remainder.

Since 27,366,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,366,752, 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).