Q: Is 27,442,530 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,442,530 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 27,442,530 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 37 41 45 54 67 74 82 90 111 123 134 135 185 201 205 222 246 270 333 335 369 370 402 410 555 603 615 666 670 738 999 1,005 1,107 1,110 1,206 1,230 1,517 1,665 1,809 1,845 1,998 2,010 2,214 2,479 2,747 3,015 3,034 3,330 3,618 3,690 4,551 4,958 4,995 5,494 5,535 6,030 7,437 7,585 8,241 9,045 9,102 9,990 11,070 12,395 13,653 13,735 14,874 15,170 16,482 18,090 22,311 22,755 24,723 24,790 27,306 27,470 37,185 40,959 41,205 44,622 45,510 49,446 66,933 68,265 74,169 74,370 81,918 82,410 101,639 111,555 123,615 133,866 136,530 148,338 203,278 204,795 223,110 247,230 304,917 334,665 370,845 409,590 508,195 609,834 669,330 741,690 914,751 1,016,390 1,524,585 1,829,502 2,744,253 3,049,170 4,573,755 5,488,506 9,147,510 13,721,265 and 27,442,530, with no remainder.

Since 27,442,530 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,442,530, 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).