Q: Is 68,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 68,112 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 68,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 43 44 48 66 72 86 88 99 129 132 144 172 176 198 258 264 344 387 396 473 516 528 688 774 792 946 1,032 1,419 1,548 1,584 1,892 2,064 2,838 3,096 3,784 4,257 5,676 6,192 7,568 8,514 11,352 17,028 22,704 34,056 and 68,112, with no remainder.

Since 68,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 68,112, 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).