Q: Is 277,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 277,992 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 277,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 27 33 36 39 44 52 54 66 72 78 81 88 99 104 108 117 132 143 156 162 198 216 234 243 264 286 297 312 324 351 396 429 468 486 572 594 648 702 792 858 891 936 972 1,053 1,144 1,188 1,287 1,404 1,716 1,782 1,944 2,106 2,376 2,574 2,673 2,808 3,159 3,432 3,564 3,861 4,212 5,148 5,346 6,318 7,128 7,722 8,424 10,296 10,692 11,583 12,636 15,444 21,384 23,166 25,272 30,888 34,749 46,332 69,498 92,664 138,996 and 277,992, with no remainder.

Since 277,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 277,992, 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).