Q: Is 23,232,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,232,528 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 23,232,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 297 396 432 528 594 792 1,188 1,584 2,376 4,752 4,889 9,778 14,667 19,556 29,334 39,112 44,001 53,779 58,668 78,224 88,002 107,558 117,336 132,003 161,337 176,004 215,116 234,672 264,006 322,674 352,008 430,232 484,011 528,012 645,348 704,016 860,464 968,022 1,056,024 1,290,696 1,452,033 1,936,044 2,112,048 2,581,392 2,904,066 3,872,088 5,808,132 7,744,176 11,616,264 and 23,232,528, with no remainder.

Since 23,232,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,232,528, 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).