composite number

Not a prime

A composite number is a positive integer that can be divided evenly by numbers other than just 1 and itself: 12 is composite because it's divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6.

The opposite of a prime number.

All positive integers greater than 1 are either prime or composite; the number 1 is neither.

factorization

factors

Contributors to a result

decomposition · prime factorization · factor tree · divisibility · reducible · factorable · multiply · factoring · breaking down

divisibility

divisible

Able to be separated

division · multiple · even · odd · common divisor · greatest common divisor

classification

prime

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examples

four

Number after three

  • sixCardinal after five
  • eightNumber after seven
  • nineEight plus one

ten · twelve · fifteen · eighteen · twenty · twenty-four · thirty-six · forty-eight · sixty · one hundred

Categories
Opposites
divisibility/factorization

composite numberprime number

Integer with two divisors

prime · unit · one

mathematical complexity/structure

composite numberprime

Readying for action

atomic number · fundamental unit · elementary

Family

number, composite, composites, factorize, factorized, composite numbers

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