Q: Is 114,912 a Composite Number?

Why is 114,912 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 114,912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 19 21 24 27 28 32 36 38 42 48 54 56 57 63 72 76 84 96 108 112 114 126 133 144 152 168 171 189 216 224 228 252 266 288 304 336 342 378 399 432 456 504 513 532 608 672 684 756 798 864 912 1,008 1,026 1,064 1,197 1,368 1,512 1,596 1,824 2,016 2,052 2,128 2,394 2,736 3,024 3,192 3,591 4,104 4,256 4,788 5,472 6,048 6,384 7,182 8,208 9,576 12,768 14,364 16,416 19,152 28,728 38,304 57,456 and 114,912, with no remainder.

Since 114,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 114,912, 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).