Q: Is 123,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 123,552 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 123,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 16 18 22 24 26 27 32 33 36 39 44 48 52 54 66 72 78 88 96 99 104 108 117 132 143 144 156 176 198 208 216 234 264 286 288 297 312 351 352 396 416 429 432 468 528 572 594 624 702 792 858 864 936 1,056 1,144 1,188 1,248 1,287 1,404 1,584 1,716 1,872 2,288 2,376 2,574 2,808 3,168 3,432 3,744 3,861 4,576 4,752 5,148 5,616 6,864 7,722 9,504 10,296 11,232 13,728 15,444 20,592 30,888 41,184 61,776 and 123,552, with no remainder.

Since 123,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,552, 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).