Q: Is 27,639,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,639,000 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 27,639,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 25 30 36 37 40 45 50 60 72 74 75 83 90 100 111 120 125 148 150 166 180 185 200 222 225 249 250 296 300 332 333 360 370 375 415 444 450 498 500 555 600 664 666 740 747 750 830 888 900 925 996 1,000 1,110 1,125 1,245 1,332 1,480 1,494 1,500 1,660 1,665 1,800 1,850 1,992 2,075 2,220 2,250 2,490 2,664 2,775 2,988 3,000 3,071 3,320 3,330 3,700 3,735 4,150 4,440 4,500 4,625 4,980 5,550 5,976 6,142 6,225 6,660 7,400 7,470 8,300 8,325 9,000 9,213 9,250 9,960 10,375 11,100 12,284 12,450 13,320 13,875 14,940 15,355 16,600 16,650 18,426 18,500 18,675 20,750 22,200 24,568 24,900 27,639 27,750 29,880 30,710 31,125 33,300 36,852 37,000 37,350 41,500 41,625 46,065 49,800 55,278 55,500 61,420 62,250 66,600 73,704 74,700 76,775 83,000 83,250 92,130 93,375 110,556 111,000 122,840 124,500 138,195 149,400 153,550 166,500 184,260 186,750 221,112 230,325 249,000 276,390 307,100 333,000 368,520 373,500 383,875 460,650 552,780 614,200 690,975 747,000 767,750 921,300 1,105,560 1,151,625 1,381,950 1,535,500 1,842,600 2,303,250 2,763,900 3,071,000 3,454,875 4,606,500 5,527,800 6,909,750 9,213,000 13,819,500 and 27,639,000, with no remainder.

Since 27,639,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,639,000, 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).