Q: Is 27,718,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,718,320 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 27,718,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 49 56 60 70 80 84 98 105 112 120 140 147 168 196 210 240 245 280 294 336 392 420 490 560 588 735 784 840 980 1,176 1,470 1,680 1,960 2,352 2,357 2,940 3,920 4,714 5,880 7,071 9,428 11,760 11,785 14,142 16,499 18,856 23,570 28,284 32,998 35,355 37,712 47,140 49,497 56,568 65,996 70,710 82,495 94,280 98,994 113,136 115,493 131,992 141,420 164,990 188,560 197,988 230,986 247,485 263,984 282,840 329,980 346,479 395,976 461,972 494,970 565,680 577,465 659,960 692,958 791,952 923,944 989,940 1,154,930 1,319,920 1,385,916 1,732,395 1,847,888 1,979,880 2,309,860 2,771,832 3,464,790 3,959,760 4,619,720 5,543,664 6,929,580 9,239,440 13,859,160 and 27,718,320, with no remainder.

Since 27,718,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,718,320, 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).