Q: Is 27,750,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,750,168 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 27,750,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 216 128,473 256,946 385,419 513,892 770,838 1,027,784 1,156,257 1,541,676 2,312,514 3,083,352 3,468,771 4,625,028 6,937,542 9,250,056 13,875,084 and 27,750,168, with no remainder.

Since 27,750,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,750,168, 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).