Q: Is 23,169,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,169,888 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 23,169,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 96 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 216 224 252 288 324 336 378 432 504 567 648 672 756 864 1,008 1,134 1,277 1,296 1,512 2,016 2,268 2,554 2,592 3,024 3,831 4,536 5,108 6,048 7,662 8,939 9,072 10,216 11,493 15,324 17,878 18,144 20,432 22,986 26,817 30,648 34,479 35,756 40,864 45,972 53,634 61,296 68,958 71,512 80,451 91,944 103,437 107,268 122,592 137,916 143,024 160,902 183,888 206,874 214,536 241,353 275,832 286,048 321,804 367,776 413,748 429,072 482,706 551,664 643,608 724,059 827,496 858,144 965,412 1,103,328 1,287,216 1,448,118 1,654,992 1,930,824 2,574,432 2,896,236 3,309,984 3,861,648 5,792,472 7,723,296 11,584,944 and 23,169,888, with no remainder.

Since 23,169,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,169,888, 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).