Q: Is 23,141,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,141,040 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 23,141,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 24 26 30 39 40 48 52 60 65 78 80 104 120 130 156 195 208 240 260 312 390 520 624 780 1,040 1,560 3,120 7,417 14,834 22,251 29,668 37,085 44,502 59,336 74,170 89,004 96,421 111,255 118,672 148,340 178,008 192,842 222,510 289,263 296,680 356,016 385,684 445,020 482,105 578,526 593,360 771,368 890,040 964,210 1,157,052 1,446,315 1,542,736 1,780,080 1,928,420 2,314,104 2,892,630 3,856,840 4,628,208 5,785,260 7,713,680 11,570,520 and 23,141,040, with no remainder.

Since 23,141,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,141,040, 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).