Q: Is 276,192 a Composite Number?

Why is 276,192 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 276,192 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 137 144 168 224 252 274 288 336 411 504 548 672 822 959 1,008 1,096 1,233 1,644 1,918 2,016 2,192 2,466 2,877 3,288 3,836 4,384 4,932 5,754 6,576 7,672 8,631 9,864 11,508 13,152 15,344 17,262 19,728 23,016 30,688 34,524 39,456 46,032 69,048 92,064 138,096 and 276,192, with no remainder.

Since 276,192 cannot be divided by just 1 and 276,192, 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).