Q: Is 117,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 117,936 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 117,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 26 27 28 36 39 42 48 52 54 56 63 72 78 81 84 91 104 108 112 117 126 144 156 162 168 182 189 208 216 234 252 273 312 324 336 351 364 378 432 468 504 546 567 624 648 702 728 756 819 936 1,008 1,053 1,092 1,134 1,296 1,404 1,456 1,512 1,638 1,872 2,106 2,184 2,268 2,457 2,808 3,024 3,276 4,212 4,368 4,536 4,914 5,616 6,552 7,371 8,424 9,072 9,828 13,104 14,742 16,848 19,656 29,484 39,312 58,968 and 117,936, with no remainder.

Since 117,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,936, 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).