Q: Is 294,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 294,372 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 294,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 37 39 51 52 68 74 78 102 111 117 148 153 156 204 221 222 234 306 333 442 444 468 481 612 629 663 666 884 962 1,258 1,326 1,332 1,443 1,887 1,924 1,989 2,516 2,652 2,886 3,774 3,978 4,329 5,661 5,772 7,548 7,956 8,177 8,658 11,322 16,354 17,316 22,644 24,531 32,708 49,062 73,593 98,124 147,186 and 294,372, with no remainder.

Since 294,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 294,372, 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).