Q: Is 195,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 195,048 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 195,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 43 54 56 63 72 81 84 86 108 126 129 162 168 172 189 216 252 258 301 324 344 378 387 504 516 567 602 648 756 774 903 1,032 1,134 1,161 1,204 1,512 1,548 1,806 2,268 2,322 2,408 2,709 3,096 3,483 3,612 4,536 4,644 5,418 6,966 7,224 8,127 9,288 10,836 13,932 16,254 21,672 24,381 27,864 32,508 48,762 65,016 97,524 and 195,048, with no remainder.

Since 195,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 195,048, 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).