Q: Is 27,555,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,555,336 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 27,555,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 29 36 53 54 58 72 83 87 106 108 116 159 166 174 212 216 232 249 261 318 332 348 424 477 498 522 636 664 696 747 783 954 996 1,044 1,272 1,431 1,494 1,537 1,566 1,908 1,992 2,088 2,241 2,407 2,862 2,988 3,074 3,132 3,816 4,399 4,482 4,611 4,814 5,724 5,976 6,148 6,264 7,221 8,798 8,964 9,222 9,628 11,448 12,296 13,197 13,833 14,442 17,596 17,928 18,444 19,256 21,663 26,394 27,666 28,884 35,192 36,888 39,591 41,499 43,326 52,788 55,332 57,768 64,989 79,182 82,998 86,652 105,576 110,664 118,773 127,571 129,978 158,364 165,996 173,304 237,546 255,142 259,956 316,728 331,992 382,713 475,092 510,284 519,912 765,426 950,184 1,020,568 1,148,139 1,530,852 2,296,278 3,061,704 3,444,417 4,592,556 6,888,834 9,185,112 13,777,668 and 27,555,336, with no remainder.

Since 27,555,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,555,336, 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).