Q: Is 23,043,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,043,420 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 23,043,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 135 139 180 270 278 307 417 540 556 614 695 834 921 1,228 1,251 1,390 1,535 1,668 1,842 2,085 2,502 2,763 2,780 3,070 3,684 3,753 4,170 4,605 5,004 5,526 6,140 6,255 7,506 8,289 8,340 9,210 11,052 12,510 13,815 15,012 16,578 18,420 18,765 25,020 27,630 33,156 37,530 41,445 42,673 55,260 75,060 82,890 85,346 128,019 165,780 170,692 213,365 256,038 384,057 426,730 512,076 640,095 768,114 853,460 1,152,171 1,280,190 1,536,228 1,920,285 2,304,342 2,560,380 3,840,570 4,608,684 5,760,855 7,681,140 11,521,710 and 23,043,420, with no remainder.

Since 23,043,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,043,420, 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).