Q: Is 23,122,242 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,122,242 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 23,122,242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 66 78 99 117 143 169 198 234 286 338 429 507 691 858 1,014 1,287 1,382 1,521 1,859 2,073 2,574 3,042 3,718 4,146 5,577 6,219 7,601 8,983 11,154 12,438 15,202 16,731 17,966 22,803 26,949 33,462 45,606 53,898 68,409 80,847 98,813 116,779 136,818 161,694 197,626 233,558 296,439 350,337 592,878 700,674 889,317 1,051,011 1,284,569 1,778,634 2,102,022 2,569,138 3,853,707 7,707,414 11,561,121 and 23,122,242, with no remainder.

Since 23,122,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,122,242, 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).