Q: Is 27,517,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,517,860 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 27,517,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 131 135 180 262 270 389 393 524 540 655 778 786 1,167 1,179 1,310 1,556 1,572 1,945 1,965 2,334 2,358 2,620 3,501 3,537 3,890 3,930 4,668 4,716 5,835 5,895 7,002 7,074 7,780 7,860 10,503 11,670 11,790 14,004 14,148 17,505 17,685 21,006 23,340 23,580 35,010 35,370 42,012 50,959 52,515 70,020 70,740 101,918 105,030 152,877 203,836 210,060 254,795 305,754 458,631 509,590 611,508 764,385 917,262 1,019,180 1,375,893 1,528,770 1,834,524 2,293,155 2,751,786 3,057,540 4,586,310 5,503,572 6,879,465 9,172,620 13,758,930 and 27,517,860, with no remainder.

Since 27,517,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,517,860, 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).