Q: Is 27,539,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,539,124 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 27,539,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 281 562 843 1,124 1,686 3,372 8,167 16,334 24,501 32,668 49,002 98,004 2,294,927 4,589,854 6,884,781 9,179,708 13,769,562 and 27,539,124, with no remainder.

Since 27,539,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,539,124, 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).