Q: Is 23,184,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,184,768 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 23,184,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 173 192 346 349 384 519 692 698 1,038 1,047 1,384 1,396 2,076 2,094 2,768 2,792 4,152 4,188 5,536 5,584 8,304 8,376 11,072 11,168 16,608 16,752 22,144 22,336 33,216 33,504 44,672 60,377 66,432 67,008 120,754 134,016 181,131 241,508 362,262 483,016 724,524 966,032 1,449,048 1,932,064 2,898,096 3,864,128 5,796,192 7,728,256 11,592,384 and 23,184,768, with no remainder.

Since 23,184,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,184,768, 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).