Q: Is 297,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 297,792 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 297,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 47 48 64 66 72 88 94 96 99 132 141 144 176 188 192 198 264 282 288 352 376 396 423 517 528 564 576 704 752 792 846 1,034 1,056 1,128 1,504 1,551 1,584 1,692 2,068 2,112 2,256 3,008 3,102 3,168 3,384 4,136 4,512 4,653 6,204 6,336 6,768 8,272 9,024 9,306 12,408 13,536 16,544 18,612 24,816 27,072 33,088 37,224 49,632 74,448 99,264 148,896 and 297,792, with no remainder.

Since 297,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 297,792, 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).