Q: Is 162,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 162,624 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 162,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 64 66 77 84 88 96 112 121 132 154 168 176 192 224 231 242 264 308 336 352 363 448 462 484 528 616 672 704 726 847 924 968 1,056 1,232 1,344 1,452 1,694 1,848 1,936 2,112 2,464 2,541 2,904 3,388 3,696 3,872 4,928 5,082 5,808 6,776 7,392 7,744 10,164 11,616 13,552 14,784 20,328 23,232 27,104 40,656 54,208 81,312 and 162,624, with no remainder.

Since 162,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 162,624, 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).