Q: Is 393,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 393,108 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 393,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 34 41 47 51 68 82 94 102 123 141 164 188 204 246 282 492 564 697 799 1,394 1,598 1,927 2,091 2,397 2,788 3,196 3,854 4,182 4,794 5,781 7,708 8,364 9,588 11,562 23,124 32,759 65,518 98,277 131,036 196,554 and 393,108, with no remainder.

Since 393,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 393,108, 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).