Q: Is 227,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 227,664 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 227,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 31 34 36 48 51 54 62 68 72 93 102 108 124 136 144 153 186 204 216 248 272 279 306 372 408 432 459 496 527 558 612 744 816 837 918 1,054 1,116 1,224 1,488 1,581 1,674 1,836 2,108 2,232 2,448 3,162 3,348 3,672 4,216 4,464 4,743 6,324 6,696 7,344 8,432 9,486 12,648 13,392 14,229 18,972 25,296 28,458 37,944 56,916 75,888 113,832 and 227,664, with no remainder.

Since 227,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 227,664, 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).