Q: Is 29,427,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 29,427,600 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 29,427,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 40 48 50 60 75 80 100 120 137 150 179 200 240 274 300 358 400 411 537 548 600 685 716 822 895 1,074 1,096 1,200 1,370 1,432 1,644 1,790 2,055 2,148 2,192 2,685 2,740 2,864 3,288 3,425 3,580 4,110 4,296 4,475 5,370 5,480 6,576 6,850 7,160 8,220 8,592 8,950 10,275 10,740 10,960 13,425 13,700 14,320 16,440 17,900 20,550 21,480 24,523 26,850 27,400 32,880 35,800 41,100 42,960 49,046 53,700 54,800 71,600 73,569 82,200 98,092 107,400 122,615 147,138 164,400 196,184 214,800 245,230 294,276 367,845 392,368 490,460 588,552 613,075 735,690 980,920 1,177,104 1,226,150 1,471,380 1,839,225 1,961,840 2,452,300 2,942,760 3,678,450 4,904,600 5,885,520 7,356,900 9,809,200 14,713,800 and 29,427,600, with no remainder.

Since 29,427,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 29,427,600, 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).