Q: Is 127,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 127,296 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 127,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 24 26 32 34 36 39 48 51 52 64 68 72 78 96 102 104 117 136 144 153 156 192 204 208 221 234 272 288 306 312 408 416 442 468 544 576 612 624 663 816 832 884 936 1,088 1,224 1,248 1,326 1,632 1,768 1,872 1,989 2,448 2,496 2,652 3,264 3,536 3,744 3,978 4,896 5,304 7,072 7,488 7,956 9,792 10,608 14,144 15,912 21,216 31,824 42,432 63,648 and 127,296, with no remainder.

Since 127,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 127,296, 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).