Q: Is 202,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 202,752 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 202,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 128 132 144 176 192 198 256 264 288 352 384 396 512 528 576 704 768 792 1,024 1,056 1,152 1,408 1,536 1,584 2,048 2,112 2,304 2,816 3,072 3,168 4,224 4,608 5,632 6,144 6,336 8,448 9,216 11,264 12,672 16,896 18,432 22,528 25,344 33,792 50,688 67,584 101,376 and 202,752, with no remainder.

Since 202,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 202,752, 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).