Q: Is 207,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 207,792 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 207,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 37 39 48 52 54 72 74 78 104 108 111 117 144 148 156 208 216 222 234 296 312 333 351 432 444 468 481 592 624 666 702 888 936 962 999 1,332 1,404 1,443 1,776 1,872 1,924 1,998 2,664 2,808 2,886 3,848 3,996 4,329 5,328 5,616 5,772 7,696 7,992 8,658 11,544 12,987 15,984 17,316 23,088 25,974 34,632 51,948 69,264 103,896 and 207,792, with no remainder.

Since 207,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 207,792, 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).