what is composite number ? Share with your friends Share 1 Lalit Mehra answered this Example:6 is a composite number, since it is divisible by 2 and 3 also. 1 View Full Answer Stuti Mehta answered this compsite number is a number which can be divided by itself or any other number.example - 8is a number that can be divided by 1,2,4,8. while 3 can be divided by 1 and itself only.so 8 is composite and 3 is prime 2