Q: Is 23,201,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,201,424 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 23,201,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 43 48 54 72 86 108 129 144 172 216 258 344 387 432 516 688 774 1,032 1,161 1,249 1,548 2,064 2,322 2,498 3,096 3,747 4,644 4,996 6,192 7,494 9,288 9,992 11,241 14,988 18,576 19,984 22,482 29,976 33,723 44,964 53,707 59,952 67,446 89,928 107,414 134,892 161,121 179,856 214,828 269,784 322,242 429,656 483,363 539,568 644,484 859,312 966,726 1,288,968 1,450,089 1,933,452 2,577,936 2,900,178 3,866,904 5,800,356 7,733,808 11,600,712 and 23,201,424, with no remainder.

Since 23,201,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,201,424, 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).