Definition of compositic number
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A composite number is a positive integer that can be formed by multiplying two smaller positive integers. Equivalently, it is a positive integer that has at least one divisor other than 1 and itself. ... For example, the integer 14 is a composite number because it is the product of the two smaller integers 2 × 7.
The first few composite numbers (sometimes called "composites" for short) are 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, ... , whose prime decompositions are summarized in the following table. Note that the number 1 is a special case which is considered to be neither composite nor prime.
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