Q: Is 825,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 825,132 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 825,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 19 21 22 28 33 38 42 44 47 57 66 76 77 84 94 114 132 133 141 154 188 209 228 231 266 282 308 329 399 418 462 517 532 564 627 658 798 836 893 924 987 1,034 1,254 1,316 1,463 1,551 1,596 1,786 1,974 2,068 2,508 2,679 2,926 3,102 3,572 3,619 3,948 4,389 5,358 5,852 6,204 6,251 7,238 8,778 9,823 10,716 10,857 12,502 14,476 17,556 18,753 19,646 21,714 25,004 29,469 37,506 39,292 43,428 58,938 68,761 75,012 117,876 137,522 206,283 275,044 412,566 and 825,132, with no remainder.

Since 825,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 825,132, 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).