Q: Is 27,776,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,776,112 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 27,776,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 624 728 1,092 1,456 2,184 4,368 6,359 12,718 19,077 25,436 38,154 44,513 50,872 76,308 82,667 89,026 101,744 133,539 152,616 165,334 178,052 248,001 267,078 305,232 330,668 356,104 496,002 534,156 578,669 661,336 712,208 992,004 1,068,312 1,157,338 1,322,672 1,736,007 1,984,008 2,136,624 2,314,676 3,472,014 3,968,016 4,629,352 6,944,028 9,258,704 13,888,056 and 27,776,112, with no remainder.

Since 27,776,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,776,112, 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).