Q: Is 28,487,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,487,200 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 28,487,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 32 35 40 50 56 70 80 100 112 140 160 175 200 224 280 350 400 560 700 800 1,120 1,400 2,800 5,087 5,600 10,174 20,348 25,435 35,609 40,696 50,870 71,218 81,392 101,740 127,175 142,436 162,784 178,045 203,480 254,350 284,872 356,090 406,960 508,700 569,744 712,180 813,920 890,225 1,017,400 1,139,488 1,424,360 1,780,450 2,034,800 2,848,720 3,560,900 4,069,600 5,697,440 7,121,800 14,243,600 and 28,487,200, with no remainder.

Since 28,487,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,487,200, 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).