Q: Is 427,321,026 a Composite Number?

Why is 427,321,026 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 427,321,026 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 66 71 99 113 142 198 213 226 269 339 426 538 639 678 781 807 1,017 1,243 1,278 1,562 1,614 2,034 2,343 2,421 2,486 2,959 3,729 4,686 4,842 5,918 7,029 7,458 8,023 8,877 11,187 14,058 16,046 17,754 19,099 22,374 24,069 26,631 30,397 38,198 48,138 53,262 57,297 60,794 72,207 88,253 91,191 114,594 144,414 171,891 176,506 182,382 210,089 264,759 273,573 334,367 343,782 420,178 529,518 547,146 630,267 668,734 794,277 1,003,101 1,260,534 1,588,554 1,890,801 2,006,202 2,158,187 3,009,303 3,781,602 4,316,374 6,018,606 6,474,561 12,949,122 19,423,683 23,740,057 38,847,366 47,480,114 71,220,171 142,440,342 213,660,513 and 427,321,026, with no remainder.

Since 427,321,026 cannot be divided by just 1 and 427,321,026, 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).