Q: Is 27,539,127 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,539,127 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 27,539,127 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 21 33 49 63 77 99 147 231 343 441 539 693 811 1,029 1,617 2,433 3,087 3,773 4,851 5,677 7,299 8,921 11,319 17,031 26,763 33,957 39,739 51,093 62,447 80,289 119,217 187,341 278,173 357,651 437,129 562,023 834,519 1,311,387 2,503,557 3,059,903 3,934,161 9,179,709 and 27,539,127, with no remainder.

Since 27,539,127 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,539,127, 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).