Q: Is 23,235,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,235,784 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 23,235,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 19 22 26 38 44 52 76 88 104 143 152 209 247 286 418 494 572 836 988 1,069 1,144 1,672 1,976 2,138 2,717 4,276 5,434 8,552 10,868 11,759 13,897 20,311 21,736 23,518 27,794 40,622 47,036 55,588 81,244 94,072 111,176 152,867 162,488 223,421 264,043 305,734 446,842 528,086 611,468 893,684 1,056,172 1,222,936 1,787,368 2,112,344 2,904,473 5,808,946 11,617,892 and 23,235,784, with no remainder.

Since 23,235,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,235,784, 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).