Q: Is 175,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 175,032 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 175,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 17 18 22 24 26 33 34 36 39 44 51 52 66 68 72 78 88 99 102 104 117 132 136 143 153 156 187 198 204 221 234 264 286 306 312 374 396 408 429 442 468 561 572 612 663 748 792 858 884 936 1,122 1,144 1,224 1,287 1,326 1,496 1,683 1,716 1,768 1,989 2,244 2,431 2,574 2,652 3,366 3,432 3,978 4,488 4,862 5,148 5,304 6,732 7,293 7,956 9,724 10,296 13,464 14,586 15,912 19,448 21,879 29,172 43,758 58,344 87,516 and 175,032, with no remainder.

Since 175,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 175,032, 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).