Q: Is 99,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 99,216 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 99,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 53 72 78 104 106 117 144 156 159 208 212 234 312 318 424 468 477 624 636 689 848 936 954 1,272 1,378 1,872 1,908 2,067 2,544 2,756 3,816 4,134 5,512 6,201 7,632 8,268 11,024 12,402 16,536 24,804 33,072 49,608 and 99,216, with no remainder.

Since 99,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 99,216, 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).