Q: Is 23,266,926 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,266,926 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 23,266,926 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 31 41 54 62 81 82 93 113 123 162 186 226 246 279 339 369 558 678 738 837 1,017 1,107 1,271 1,674 2,034 2,214 2,511 2,542 3,051 3,321 3,503 3,813 4,633 5,022 6,102 6,642 7,006 7,626 9,153 9,266 10,509 11,439 13,899 18,306 21,018 22,878 27,798 31,527 34,317 41,697 63,054 68,634 83,394 94,581 102,951 125,091 143,623 189,162 205,902 250,182 283,743 287,246 375,273 430,869 567,486 750,546 861,738 1,292,607 2,585,214 3,877,821 7,755,642 11,633,463 and 23,266,926, with no remainder.

Since 23,266,926 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,266,926, 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).