Q: Is 201,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,096 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 201,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 19 21 24 27 28 36 38 42 49 54 56 57 63 72 76 84 98 108 114 126 133 147 152 168 171 189 196 216 228 252 266 294 342 378 392 399 441 456 504 513 532 588 684 756 798 882 931 1,026 1,064 1,176 1,197 1,323 1,368 1,512 1,596 1,764 1,862 2,052 2,394 2,646 2,793 3,192 3,528 3,591 3,724 4,104 4,788 5,292 5,586 7,182 7,448 8,379 9,576 10,584 11,172 14,364 16,758 22,344 25,137 28,728 33,516 50,274 67,032 100,548 and 201,096, with no remainder.

Since 201,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,096, 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).