Q: Is 27,759,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,759,456 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 27,759,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 32 36 38 48 54 57 72 76 89 96 108 114 144 152 171 178 216 228 267 288 304 342 356 361 432 456 513 534 608 684 712 722 801 864 912 1,026 1,068 1,083 1,368 1,424 1,444 1,602 1,691 1,824 2,052 2,136 2,166 2,403 2,736 2,848 2,888 3,204 3,249 3,382 4,104 4,272 4,332 4,806 5,073 5,472 5,776 6,408 6,498 6,764 8,208 8,544 8,664 9,612 9,747 10,146 11,552 12,816 12,996 13,528 15,219 16,416 17,328 19,224 19,494 20,292 25,632 25,992 27,056 30,438 32,129 34,656 38,448 38,988 40,584 45,657 51,984 54,112 60,876 64,258 76,896 77,976 81,168 91,314 96,387 103,968 121,752 128,516 155,952 162,336 182,628 192,774 243,504 257,032 289,161 311,904 365,256 385,548 487,008 514,064 578,322 730,512 771,096 867,483 1,028,128 1,156,644 1,461,024 1,542,192 1,734,966 2,313,288 3,084,384 3,469,932 4,626,576 6,939,864 9,253,152 13,879,728 and 27,759,456, with no remainder.

Since 27,759,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,759,456, 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).