Q: Is 188,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 188,760 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 188,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 24 26 30 33 39 40 44 52 55 60 65 66 78 88 104 110 120 121 130 132 143 156 165 195 220 242 260 264 286 312 330 363 390 429 440 484 520 572 605 660 715 726 780 858 968 1,144 1,210 1,320 1,430 1,452 1,560 1,573 1,716 1,815 2,145 2,420 2,860 2,904 3,146 3,432 3,630 4,290 4,719 4,840 5,720 6,292 7,260 7,865 8,580 9,438 12,584 14,520 15,730 17,160 18,876 23,595 31,460 37,752 47,190 62,920 94,380 and 188,760, with no remainder.

Since 188,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 188,760, 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).