Q: Is 99,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 99,528 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 99,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 29 33 39 44 52 58 66 78 87 88 104 116 132 143 156 174 232 264 286 312 319 348 377 429 572 638 696 754 858 957 1,131 1,144 1,276 1,508 1,716 1,914 2,262 2,552 3,016 3,432 3,828 4,147 4,524 7,656 8,294 9,048 12,441 16,588 24,882 33,176 49,764 and 99,528, with no remainder.

Since 99,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 99,528, 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).