Q: Is 310,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 310,752 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 310,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 83 96 104 117 144 156 166 208 234 249 288 312 332 416 468 498 624 664 747 936 996 1,079 1,248 1,328 1,494 1,872 1,992 2,158 2,656 2,988 3,237 3,744 3,984 4,316 5,976 6,474 7,968 8,632 9,711 11,952 12,948 17,264 19,422 23,904 25,896 34,528 38,844 51,792 77,688 103,584 155,376 and 310,752, with no remainder.

Since 310,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 310,752, 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).