Q: Is 297,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 297,216 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 297,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 43 48 54 64 72 86 96 108 128 129 144 172 192 216 256 258 288 344 384 387 432 516 576 688 768 774 864 1,032 1,152 1,161 1,376 1,548 1,728 2,064 2,304 2,322 2,752 3,096 3,456 4,128 4,644 5,504 6,192 6,912 8,256 9,288 11,008 12,384 16,512 18,576 24,768 33,024 37,152 49,536 74,304 99,072 148,608 and 297,216, with no remainder.

Since 297,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 297,216, 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).