Q: Is 105,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 105,600 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 105,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 25 30 32 33 40 44 48 50 55 60 64 66 75 80 88 96 100 110 120 128 132 150 160 165 176 192 200 220 240 264 275 300 320 330 352 384 400 440 480 528 550 600 640 660 704 800 825 880 960 1,056 1,100 1,200 1,320 1,408 1,600 1,650 1,760 1,920 2,112 2,200 2,400 2,640 3,200 3,300 3,520 4,224 4,400 4,800 5,280 6,600 7,040 8,800 9,600 10,560 13,200 17,600 21,120 26,400 35,200 52,800 and 105,600, with no remainder.

Since 105,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 105,600, 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).