Q: Is 27,639,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,639,144 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 27,639,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 17 18 24 26 27 34 36 39 51 52 54 68 72 78 81 102 104 108 117 136 153 156 162 193 204 216 221 234 306 312 324 351 386 408 442 459 468 579 612 648 663 702 772 884 918 936 1,053 1,158 1,224 1,326 1,377 1,404 1,544 1,737 1,768 1,836 1,989 2,106 2,316 2,509 2,652 2,754 2,808 3,281 3,474 3,672 3,978 4,212 4,632 5,018 5,211 5,304 5,508 5,967 6,562 6,948 7,527 7,956 8,424 9,843 10,036 10,422 11,016 11,934 13,124 13,896 15,054 15,633 15,912 17,901 19,686 20,072 20,844 22,581 23,868 26,248 29,529 30,108 31,266 35,802 39,372 41,688 42,653 45,162 47,736 59,058 60,216 62,532 67,743 71,604 78,744 85,306 88,587 90,324 118,116 125,064 127,959 135,486 143,208 170,612 177,174 180,648 203,229 236,232 255,918 265,761 270,972 341,224 354,348 383,877 406,458 511,836 531,522 541,944 708,696 767,754 812,916 1,023,672 1,063,044 1,151,631 1,535,508 1,625,832 2,126,088 2,303,262 3,071,016 3,454,893 4,606,524 6,909,786 9,213,048 13,819,572 and 27,639,144, with no remainder.

Since 27,639,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,639,144, 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).