Q: Is 186,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 186,960 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 186,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 41 48 57 60 76 80 82 95 114 120 123 152 164 190 205 228 240 246 285 304 328 380 410 456 492 570 615 656 760 779 820 912 984 1,140 1,230 1,520 1,558 1,640 1,968 2,280 2,337 2,460 3,116 3,280 3,895 4,560 4,674 4,920 6,232 7,790 9,348 9,840 11,685 12,464 15,580 18,696 23,370 31,160 37,392 46,740 62,320 93,480 and 186,960, with no remainder.

Since 186,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 186,960, 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).