Q: Is 27,559,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,559,584 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 27,559,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 24 26 32 34 36 39 48 51 52 68 72 78 96 102 104 117 136 144 153 156 204 208 221 234 272 288 306 312 408 416 433 442 468 544 612 624 663 816 866 884 936 1,224 1,248 1,299 1,326 1,632 1,732 1,768 1,872 1,989 2,448 2,598 2,652 3,464 3,536 3,744 3,897 3,978 4,896 5,196 5,304 5,629 6,928 7,072 7,361 7,794 7,956 10,392 10,608 11,258 13,856 14,722 15,588 15,912 16,887 20,784 21,216 22,083 22,516 29,444 31,176 31,824 33,774 41,568 44,166 45,032 50,661 58,888 62,352 63,648 66,249 67,548 88,332 90,064 95,693 101,322 117,776 124,704 132,498 135,096 176,664 180,128 191,386 202,644 235,552 264,996 270,192 287,079 353,328 382,772 405,288 529,992 540,384 574,158 706,656 765,544 810,576 861,237 1,059,984 1,148,316 1,531,088 1,621,152 1,722,474 2,119,968 2,296,632 3,062,176 3,444,948 4,593,264 6,889,896 9,186,528 13,779,792 and 27,559,584, with no remainder.

Since 27,559,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,559,584, 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).