Q: Is 93,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 93,024 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 93,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 19 24 32 34 36 38 48 51 57 68 72 76 96 102 114 136 144 152 153 171 204 228 272 288 304 306 323 342 408 456 544 608 612 646 684 816 912 969 1,224 1,292 1,368 1,632 1,824 1,938 2,448 2,584 2,736 2,907 3,876 4,896 5,168 5,472 5,814 7,752 10,336 11,628 15,504 23,256 31,008 46,512 and 93,024, with no remainder.

Since 93,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 93,024, 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).