Q: Is 68,832 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 68,832 is a composite number.

Why is 68,832 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 68,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 239 288 478 717 956 1,434 1,912 2,151 2,868 3,824 4,302 5,736 7,648 8,604 11,472 17,208 22,944 34,416 and 68,832, with no remainder.

Since 68,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 68,832, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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