Q: Is 213,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 213,696 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 213,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 53 56 63 64 72 84 96 106 112 126 144 159 168 192 212 224 252 288 318 336 371 424 448 477 504 576 636 672 742 848 954 1,008 1,113 1,272 1,344 1,484 1,696 1,908 2,016 2,226 2,544 2,968 3,339 3,392 3,816 4,032 4,452 5,088 5,936 6,678 7,632 8,904 10,176 11,872 13,356 15,264 17,808 23,744 26,712 30,528 35,616 53,424 71,232 106,848 and 213,696, with no remainder.

Since 213,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 213,696, 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).