Q: Is 27,750,558 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,750,558 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 27,750,558 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 23 33 46 66 69 101 138 181 202 253 303 362 506 543 606 759 1,086 1,111 1,518 1,991 2,222 2,323 3,333 3,982 4,163 4,646 5,973 6,666 6,969 8,326 11,946 12,489 13,938 18,281 24,978 25,553 36,562 45,793 51,106 54,843 76,659 91,586 109,686 137,379 153,318 201,091 274,758 402,182 420,463 603,273 840,926 1,206,546 1,261,389 2,522,778 4,625,093 9,250,186 13,875,279 and 27,750,558, with no remainder.

Since 27,750,558 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,750,558, 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).