Q: Is 93,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 93,744 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 93,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 31 36 42 48 54 56 62 63 72 84 93 108 112 124 126 144 168 186 189 216 217 248 252 279 336 372 378 432 434 496 504 558 651 744 756 837 868 1,008 1,116 1,302 1,488 1,512 1,674 1,736 1,953 2,232 2,604 3,024 3,348 3,472 3,906 4,464 5,208 5,859 6,696 7,812 10,416 11,718 13,392 15,624 23,436 31,248 46,872 and 93,744, with no remainder.

Since 93,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 93,744, 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).