Q: Is 70,992 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 70,992 is a composite number.

Why is 70,992 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 70,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 29 34 36 48 51 58 68 72 87 102 116 136 144 153 174 204 232 261 272 306 348 408 464 493 522 612 696 816 986 1,044 1,224 1,392 1,479 1,972 2,088 2,448 2,958 3,944 4,176 4,437 5,916 7,888 8,874 11,832 17,748 23,664 35,496 and 70,992, with no remainder.

Since 70,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,992, 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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