Q: Is 195,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 195,624 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 195,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 19 22 24 26 33 36 38 39 44 52 57 66 72 76 78 88 99 104 114 117 132 143 152 156 171 198 209 228 234 247 264 286 312 342 396 418 429 456 468 494 572 627 684 741 792 836 858 936 988 1,144 1,254 1,287 1,368 1,482 1,672 1,716 1,881 1,976 2,223 2,508 2,574 2,717 2,964 3,432 3,762 4,446 5,016 5,148 5,434 5,928 7,524 8,151 8,892 10,296 10,868 15,048 16,302 17,784 21,736 24,453 32,604 48,906 65,208 97,812 and 195,624, with no remainder.

Since 195,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 195,624, 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).