Q: Is 193,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 193,248 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 193,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 61 66 72 88 96 99 122 132 144 176 183 198 244 264 288 352 366 396 488 528 549 671 732 792 976 1,056 1,098 1,342 1,464 1,584 1,952 2,013 2,196 2,684 2,928 3,168 4,026 4,392 5,368 5,856 6,039 8,052 8,784 10,736 12,078 16,104 17,568 21,472 24,156 32,208 48,312 64,416 96,624 and 193,248, with no remainder.

Since 193,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 193,248, 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).