Q: Is 23,211,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,211,232 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 23,211,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 23 32 44 46 47 61 88 92 94 122 176 184 188 244 253 352 368 376 488 506 517 671 736 752 976 1,012 1,034 1,081 1,342 1,403 1,504 1,952 2,024 2,068 2,162 2,684 2,806 2,867 4,048 4,136 4,324 5,368 5,612 5,734 8,096 8,272 8,648 10,736 11,224 11,468 11,891 15,433 16,544 17,296 21,472 22,448 22,936 23,782 30,866 31,537 34,592 44,896 45,872 47,564 61,732 63,074 65,941 91,744 95,128 123,464 126,148 131,882 190,256 246,928 252,296 263,764 380,512 493,856 504,592 527,528 725,351 1,009,184 1,055,056 1,450,702 2,110,112 2,901,404 5,802,808 11,605,616 and 23,211,232, with no remainder.

Since 23,211,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,211,232, 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).