Q: Is 27,943,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 27,943,200 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 27,943,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 30 32 36 40 45 48 50 60 72 75 80 90 96 100 120 144 150 160 180 200 225 240 288 300 360 400 450 480 600 720 800 900 1,200 1,440 1,800 2,400 3,600 3,881 7,200 7,762 11,643 15,524 19,405 23,286 31,048 34,929 38,810 46,572 58,215 62,096 69,858 77,620 93,144 97,025 116,430 124,192 139,716 155,240 174,645 186,288 194,050 232,860 279,432 291,075 310,480 349,290 372,576 388,100 465,720 558,864 582,150 620,960 698,580 776,200 873,225 931,440 1,117,728 1,164,300 1,397,160 1,552,400 1,746,450 1,862,880 2,328,600 2,794,320 3,104,800 3,492,900 4,657,200 5,588,640 6,985,800 9,314,400 13,971,600 and 27,943,200, with no remainder.

Since 27,943,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,943,200, 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).