Q: Is 310,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 310,992 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 310,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 19 22 24 31 33 38 44 48 57 62 66 76 88 93 114 124 132 152 176 186 209 228 248 264 304 341 372 418 456 496 528 589 627 682 744 836 912 1,023 1,178 1,254 1,364 1,488 1,672 1,767 2,046 2,356 2,508 2,728 3,344 3,534 4,092 4,712 5,016 5,456 6,479 7,068 8,184 9,424 10,032 12,958 14,136 16,368 19,437 25,916 28,272 38,874 51,832 77,748 103,664 155,496 and 310,992, with no remainder.

Since 310,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 310,992, 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).