Numbers with more than two elements are referred to as composite numbers in mathematics. Composites are another name for these numbers. The antithesis of prime numbers, which only contain two factors—the number itself and the number one—are composite numbers. Any natural numbers that are not prime numbers are composite numbers because they can be divided by more than two integers. For instance, the fact that 6 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, and even 6 makes it a composite number.