Q: Is 118,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 118,272 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 118,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 64 66 77 84 88 96 112 128 132 154 168 176 192 224 231 256 264 308 336 352 384 448 462 512 528 616 672 704 768 896 924 1,056 1,232 1,344 1,408 1,536 1,792 1,848 2,112 2,464 2,688 2,816 3,584 3,696 4,224 4,928 5,376 5,632 7,392 8,448 9,856 10,752 14,784 16,896 19,712 29,568 39,424 59,136 and 118,272, with no remainder.

Since 118,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,272, 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).