Q: Is 250,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 250,992 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 250,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 83 84 108 112 126 144 166 168 189 216 249 252 332 336 378 432 498 504 581 664 747 756 996 1,008 1,162 1,328 1,494 1,512 1,743 1,992 2,241 2,324 2,988 3,024 3,486 3,984 4,482 4,648 5,229 5,976 6,972 8,964 9,296 10,458 11,952 13,944 15,687 17,928 20,916 27,888 31,374 35,856 41,832 62,748 83,664 125,496 and 250,992, with no remainder.

Since 250,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 250,992, 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).