Q: Is 27,809,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,809,712 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 27,809,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 47 48 56 63 72 84 94 112 126 141 144 168 188 252 282 329 336 376 423 504 564 587 658 752 846 987 1,008 1,128 1,174 1,316 1,692 1,761 1,974 2,256 2,348 2,632 2,961 3,384 3,522 3,948 4,109 4,696 5,264 5,283 5,922 6,768 7,044 7,896 8,218 9,392 10,566 11,844 12,327 14,088 15,792 16,436 21,132 23,688 24,654 27,589 28,176 32,872 36,981 42,264 47,376 49,308 55,178 65,744 73,962 82,767 84,528 98,616 110,356 147,924 165,534 193,123 197,232 220,712 248,301 295,848 331,068 386,246 441,424 496,602 579,369 591,696 662,136 772,492 993,204 1,158,738 1,324,272 1,544,984 1,738,107 1,986,408 2,317,476 3,089,968 3,476,214 3,972,816 4,634,952 6,952,428 9,269,904 13,904,856 and 27,809,712, with no remainder.

Since 27,809,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,809,712, 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).