Q: Is 27,735,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,735,456 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 27,735,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 112 149 168 224 277 298 336 447 554 596 672 831 894 1,043 1,108 1,192 1,662 1,788 1,939 2,086 2,216 2,384 3,129 3,324 3,576 3,878 4,172 4,432 4,768 5,817 6,258 6,648 7,152 7,756 8,344 8,864 11,634 12,516 13,296 14,304 15,512 16,688 23,268 25,032 26,592 31,024 33,376 41,273 46,536 50,064 62,048 82,546 93,072 100,128 123,819 165,092 186,144 247,638 288,911 330,184 495,276 577,822 660,368 866,733 990,552 1,155,644 1,320,736 1,733,466 1,981,104 2,311,288 3,466,932 3,962,208 4,622,576 6,933,864 9,245,152 13,867,728 and 27,735,456, with no remainder.

Since 27,735,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,735,456, 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).