Q: Is 219,912 a Composite Number?

Why is 219,912 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 219,912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 17 21 22 24 28 33 34 42 44 49 51 56 66 68 77 84 88 98 102 119 132 136 147 154 168 187 196 204 231 238 264 294 308 357 374 392 408 462 476 539 561 588 616 714 748 833 924 952 1,078 1,122 1,176 1,309 1,428 1,496 1,617 1,666 1,848 2,156 2,244 2,499 2,618 2,856 3,234 3,332 3,927 4,312 4,488 4,998 5,236 6,468 6,664 7,854 9,163 9,996 10,472 12,936 15,708 18,326 19,992 27,489 31,416 36,652 54,978 73,304 109,956 and 219,912, with no remainder.

Since 219,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 219,912, 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).