Q: Is 207,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 207,936 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 207,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 64 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 192 228 288 304 342 361 456 576 608 684 722 912 1,083 1,216 1,368 1,444 1,824 2,166 2,736 2,888 3,249 3,648 4,332 5,472 5,776 6,498 8,664 10,944 11,552 12,996 17,328 23,104 25,992 34,656 51,984 69,312 103,968 and 207,936, with no remainder.

Since 207,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 207,936, 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).