Q: Is 307,692 a Composite Number?

Why is 307,692 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 307,692 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 37 42 44 54 63 66 74 77 84 99 108 111 126 132 148 154 189 198 222 231 252 259 297 308 333 378 396 407 444 462 518 594 666 693 756 777 814 924 999 1,036 1,188 1,221 1,332 1,386 1,554 1,628 1,998 2,079 2,331 2,442 2,772 2,849 3,108 3,663 3,996 4,158 4,662 4,884 5,698 6,993 7,326 8,316 8,547 9,324 10,989 11,396 13,986 14,652 17,094 21,978 25,641 27,972 34,188 43,956 51,282 76,923 102,564 153,846 and 307,692, with no remainder.

Since 307,692 cannot be divided by just 1 and 307,692, 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).