Q: Is 207,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 207,648 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 207,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 103 112 126 144 168 206 224 252 288 309 336 412 504 618 672 721 824 927 1,008 1,236 1,442 1,648 1,854 2,016 2,163 2,472 2,884 3,296 3,708 4,326 4,944 5,768 6,489 7,416 8,652 9,888 11,536 12,978 14,832 17,304 23,072 25,956 29,664 34,608 51,912 69,216 103,824 and 207,648, with no remainder.

Since 207,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 207,648, 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).