Q: Is 247,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 247,632 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 247,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 67 77 84 88 112 132 134 154 168 176 201 231 264 268 308 336 402 462 469 528 536 616 737 804 924 938 1,072 1,232 1,407 1,474 1,608 1,848 1,876 2,211 2,814 2,948 3,216 3,696 3,752 4,422 5,159 5,628 5,896 7,504 8,844 10,318 11,256 11,792 15,477 17,688 20,636 22,512 30,954 35,376 41,272 61,908 82,544 123,816 and 247,632, with no remainder.

Since 247,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 247,632, 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).