Q: Is 27,750,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,750,560 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 27,750,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 80 160 251 502 691 1,004 1,255 1,382 2,008 2,510 2,764 3,455 4,016 5,020 5,528 6,910 8,032 10,040 11,056 13,820 20,080 22,112 27,640 40,160 55,280 110,560 173,441 346,882 693,764 867,205 1,387,528 1,734,410 2,775,056 3,468,820 5,550,112 6,937,640 13,875,280 and 27,750,560, with no remainder.

Since 27,750,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,750,560, 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).