Q: Is 23,203,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,203,152 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 23,203,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 252 336 378 432 504 756 1,008 1,512 3,024 7,673 15,346 23,019 30,692 46,038 53,711 61,384 69,057 92,076 107,422 122,768 138,114 161,133 184,152 207,171 214,844 276,228 322,266 368,304 414,342 429,688 483,399 552,456 644,532 828,684 859,376 966,798 1,104,912 1,289,064 1,450,197 1,657,368 1,933,596 2,578,128 2,900,394 3,314,736 3,867,192 5,800,788 7,734,384 11,601,576 and 23,203,152, with no remainder.

Since 23,203,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,203,152, 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).