Q: Is 229,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 229,152 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 229,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 31 32 33 42 44 48 56 62 66 77 84 88 93 96 112 124 132 154 168 176 186 217 224 231 248 264 308 336 341 352 372 434 462 496 528 616 651 672 682 744 868 924 992 1,023 1,056 1,232 1,302 1,364 1,488 1,736 1,848 2,046 2,387 2,464 2,604 2,728 2,976 3,472 3,696 4,092 4,774 5,208 5,456 6,944 7,161 7,392 8,184 9,548 10,416 10,912 14,322 16,368 19,096 20,832 28,644 32,736 38,192 57,288 76,384 114,576 and 229,152, with no remainder.

Since 229,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 229,152, 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).