Q: Is 23,169,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,169,744 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 23,169,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 208 234 312 468 624 936 1,872 12,377 24,754 37,131 49,508 74,262 99,016 111,393 148,524 160,901 198,032 222,786 297,048 321,802 445,572 482,703 594,096 643,604 891,144 965,406 1,287,208 1,448,109 1,782,288 1,930,812 2,574,416 2,896,218 3,861,624 5,792,436 7,723,248 11,584,872 and 23,169,744, with no remainder.

Since 23,169,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,169,744, 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).