Q: Is 153,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 153,504 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 153,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 41 48 52 72 78 82 96 104 117 123 144 156 164 208 234 246 288 312 328 369 416 468 492 533 624 656 738 936 984 1,066 1,248 1,312 1,476 1,599 1,872 1,968 2,132 2,952 3,198 3,744 3,936 4,264 4,797 5,904 6,396 8,528 9,594 11,808 12,792 17,056 19,188 25,584 38,376 51,168 76,752 and 153,504, with no remainder.

Since 153,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 153,504, 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).