Q: Is 23,043,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,043,312 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 23,043,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 41 48 54 72 82 108 123 144 164 216 246 328 369 432 492 656 738 984 1,107 1,301 1,476 1,968 2,214 2,602 2,952 3,903 4,428 5,204 5,904 7,806 8,856 10,408 11,709 15,612 17,712 20,816 23,418 31,224 35,127 46,836 53,341 62,448 70,254 93,672 106,682 140,508 160,023 187,344 213,364 281,016 320,046 426,728 480,069 562,032 640,092 853,456 960,138 1,280,184 1,440,207 1,920,276 2,560,368 2,880,414 3,840,552 5,760,828 7,681,104 11,521,656 and 23,043,312, with no remainder.

Since 23,043,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,043,312, 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).