Q: Is 27,715,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,715,368 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 27,715,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 37 46 59 69 74 92 111 118 138 148 177 184 222 236 276 296 354 444 472 529 552 708 851 888 1,058 1,357 1,416 1,587 1,702 2,116 2,183 2,553 2,714 3,174 3,404 4,071 4,232 4,366 5,106 5,428 6,348 6,549 6,808 8,142 8,732 10,212 10,856 12,696 13,098 16,284 17,464 19,573 20,424 26,196 31,211 32,568 39,146 50,209 52,392 58,719 62,422 78,292 93,633 100,418 117,438 124,844 150,627 156,584 187,266 200,836 234,876 249,688 301,254 374,532 401,672 469,752 602,508 749,064 1,154,807 1,205,016 2,309,614 3,464,421 4,619,228 6,928,842 9,238,456 13,857,684 and 27,715,368, with no remainder.

Since 27,715,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,715,368, 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).