Q: Is 87,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 87,516 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 87,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 17 18 22 26 33 34 36 39 44 51 52 66 68 78 99 102 117 132 143 153 156 187 198 204 221 234 286 306 374 396 429 442 468 561 572 612 663 748 858 884 1,122 1,287 1,326 1,683 1,716 1,989 2,244 2,431 2,574 2,652 3,366 3,978 4,862 5,148 6,732 7,293 7,956 9,724 14,586 21,879 29,172 43,758 and 87,516, with no remainder.

Since 87,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,516, 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).