Q: Is 23,042,565 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,042,565 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 23,042,565 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 13 15 17 21 35 39 45 51 63 65 85 91 105 117 119 153 195 221 255 273 315 331 357 455 585 595 663 765 819 993 1,071 1,105 1,365 1,547 1,655 1,785 1,989 2,317 2,979 3,315 4,095 4,303 4,641 4,965 5,355 5,627 6,951 7,735 9,945 11,585 12,909 13,923 14,895 16,881 20,853 21,515 23,205 28,135 30,121 34,755 38,727 39,389 50,643 64,545 69,615 73,151 84,405 90,363 104,265 118,167 150,605 193,635 196,945 219,453 253,215 271,089 354,501 365,755 451,815 512,057 590,835 658,359 1,097,265 1,355,445 1,536,171 1,772,505 2,560,285 3,291,795 4,608,513 7,680,855 and 23,042,565, with no remainder.

Since 23,042,565 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,042,565, 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).