Q: Is 199,056 a Composite Number?

Why is 199,056 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 199,056 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 29 33 39 44 48 52 58 66 78 87 88 104 116 132 143 156 174 176 208 232 264 286 312 319 348 377 429 464 528 572 624 638 696 754 858 957 1,131 1,144 1,276 1,392 1,508 1,716 1,914 2,262 2,288 2,552 3,016 3,432 3,828 4,147 4,524 5,104 6,032 6,864 7,656 8,294 9,048 12,441 15,312 16,588 18,096 24,882 33,176 49,764 66,352 99,528 and 199,056, with no remainder.

Since 199,056 cannot be divided by just 1 and 199,056, 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).