Q: Is 27,542,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,542,040 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 27,542,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 23 24 30 34 40 46 51 60 68 69 85 92 102 115 120 136 138 170 184 204 230 255 276 340 345 391 408 460 510 552 587 680 690 782 920 1,020 1,173 1,174 1,380 1,564 1,761 1,955 2,040 2,346 2,348 2,760 2,935 3,128 3,522 3,910 4,692 4,696 5,865 5,870 7,044 7,820 8,805 9,384 9,979 11,730 11,740 13,501 14,088 15,640 17,610 19,958 23,460 23,480 27,002 29,937 35,220 39,916 40,503 46,920 49,895 54,004 59,874 67,505 70,440 79,832 81,006 99,790 108,008 119,748 135,010 149,685 162,012 199,580 202,515 229,517 239,496 270,020 299,370 324,024 399,160 405,030 459,034 540,040 598,740 688,551 810,060 918,068 1,147,585 1,197,480 1,377,102 1,620,120 1,836,136 2,295,170 2,754,204 3,442,755 4,590,340 5,508,408 6,885,510 9,180,680 13,771,020 and 27,542,040, with no remainder.

Since 27,542,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,542,040, 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).