Q: Is 27,652,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,652,392 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 27,652,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 384,061 768,122 1,152,183 1,536,244 2,304,366 3,072,488 3,456,549 4,608,732 6,913,098 9,217,464 13,826,196 and 27,652,392, with no remainder.

Since 27,652,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,652,392, 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).