Q: Is 27,742,442 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 27,742,442 is a composite number.

Why is 27,742,442 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 27,742,442 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 26 91 182 313 487 626 974 2,191 3,409 4,069 4,382 6,331 6,818 8,138 12,662 28,483 44,317 56,966 88,634 152,431 304,862 1,067,017 1,981,603 2,134,034 3,963,206 13,871,221 and 27,742,442, with no remainder.

Since 27,742,442 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,742,442, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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