Q: Is 27,750,086 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,750,086 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 27,750,086 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 17 26 34 91 119 182 221 238 442 1,547 3,094 8,969 17,938 62,783 116,597 125,566 152,473 233,194 304,946 816,179 1,067,311 1,632,358 1,982,149 2,134,622 3,964,298 13,875,043 and 27,750,086, with no remainder.

Since 27,750,086 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,750,086, 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).