Q: Is 23,001,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,001,216 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 23,001,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 43 48 56 64 84 86 96 112 128 129 168 172 192 199 224 258 301 336 344 384 398 448 516 597 602 672 688 796 896 903 1,032 1,194 1,204 1,344 1,376 1,393 1,592 1,806 2,064 2,388 2,408 2,688 2,752 2,786 3,184 3,612 4,128 4,179 4,776 4,816 5,504 5,572 6,368 7,224 8,256 8,358 8,557 9,552 9,632 11,144 12,736 14,448 16,512 16,716 17,114 19,104 19,264 22,288 25,472 25,671 28,896 33,432 34,228 38,208 38,528 44,576 51,342 57,792 59,899 66,864 68,456 76,416 89,152 102,684 115,584 119,798 133,728 136,912 178,304 179,697 205,368 239,596 267,456 273,824 359,394 410,736 479,192 534,912 547,648 718,788 821,472 958,384 1,095,296 1,437,576 1,642,944 1,916,768 2,875,152 3,285,888 3,833,536 5,750,304 7,667,072 11,500,608 and 23,001,216, with no remainder.

Since 23,001,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,001,216, 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).