Q: Is 128,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 128,304 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 128,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 144 162 176 198 216 243 264 297 324 396 432 486 528 594 648 729 792 891 972 1,188 1,296 1,458 1,584 1,782 1,944 2,376 2,673 2,916 3,564 3,888 4,752 5,346 5,832 7,128 8,019 10,692 11,664 14,256 16,038 21,384 32,076 42,768 64,152 and 128,304, with no remainder.

Since 128,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 128,304, 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).