Q: Is 201,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,552 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 201,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 17 19 24 26 34 38 39 48 51 52 57 68 76 78 102 104 114 136 152 156 204 208 221 228 247 272 304 312 323 408 442 456 494 624 646 663 741 816 884 912 969 988 1,292 1,326 1,482 1,768 1,938 1,976 2,584 2,652 2,964 3,536 3,876 3,952 4,199 5,168 5,304 5,928 7,752 8,398 10,608 11,856 12,597 15,504 16,796 25,194 33,592 50,388 67,184 100,776 and 201,552, with no remainder.

Since 201,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,552, 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).