Q: Is 23,000,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,000,016 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 23,000,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 31 39 41 48 52 58 62 78 82 87 93 104 116 123 124 156 164 174 186 208 232 246 248 312 328 348 372 377 403 464 492 496 533 624 656 696 744 754 806 899 984 1,066 1,131 1,189 1,209 1,271 1,392 1,488 1,508 1,599 1,612 1,798 1,968 2,132 2,262 2,378 2,418 2,542 2,697 3,016 3,198 3,224 3,567 3,596 3,813 4,264 4,524 4,756 4,836 5,084 5,394 6,032 6,396 6,448 7,134 7,192 7,626 8,528 9,048 9,512 9,672 10,168 10,788 11,687 12,792 14,268 14,384 15,252 15,457 16,523 18,096 19,024 19,344 20,336 21,576 23,374 25,584 28,536 30,504 30,914 33,046 35,061 36,859 43,152 46,371 46,748 49,569 57,072 61,008 61,828 66,092 70,122 73,718 92,742 93,496 99,138 110,577 123,656 132,184 140,244 147,436 185,484 186,992 198,276 221,154 247,312 264,368 280,488 294,872 370,968 396,552 442,308 479,167 560,976 589,744 741,936 793,104 884,616 958,334 1,437,501 1,769,232 1,916,668 2,875,002 3,833,336 5,750,004 7,666,672 11,500,008 and 23,000,016, with no remainder.

Since 23,000,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,000,016, 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).