Q: Is 23,217,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,217,120 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 23,217,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 23 24 30 32 36 40 45 46 48 60 69 72 80 90 92 96 115 120 138 144 160 180 184 207 230 240 276 288 345 360 368 414 460 480 552 690 701 720 736 828 920 1,035 1,104 1,380 1,402 1,440 1,656 1,840 2,070 2,103 2,208 2,760 2,804 3,312 3,505 3,680 4,140 4,206 5,520 5,608 6,309 6,624 7,010 8,280 8,412 10,515 11,040 11,216 12,618 14,020 16,123 16,560 16,824 21,030 22,432 25,236 28,040 31,545 32,246 33,120 33,648 42,060 48,369 50,472 56,080 63,090 64,492 67,296 80,615 84,120 96,738 100,944 112,160 126,180 128,984 145,107 161,230 168,240 193,476 201,888 241,845 252,360 257,968 290,214 322,460 336,480 386,952 483,690 504,720 515,936 580,428 644,920 725,535 773,904 967,380 1,009,440 1,160,856 1,289,840 1,451,070 1,547,808 1,934,760 2,321,712 2,579,680 2,902,140 3,869,520 4,643,424 5,804,280 7,739,040 11,608,560 and 23,217,120, with no remainder.

Since 23,217,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,217,120, 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).