Q: Is 135,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 135,072 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 135,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 67 72 84 96 112 126 134 144 168 201 224 252 268 288 336 402 469 504 536 603 672 804 938 1,008 1,072 1,206 1,407 1,608 1,876 2,016 2,144 2,412 2,814 3,216 3,752 4,221 4,824 5,628 6,432 7,504 8,442 9,648 11,256 15,008 16,884 19,296 22,512 33,768 45,024 67,536 and 135,072, with no remainder.

Since 135,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 135,072, 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).