Q: Is 23,297,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,297,616 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 23,297,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 31 34 36 48 51 62 68 72 93 102 124 136 144 153 186 204 248 272 279 306 307 372 408 496 527 558 612 614 744 816 921 1,054 1,116 1,224 1,228 1,488 1,581 1,842 2,108 2,232 2,448 2,456 2,763 3,162 3,684 4,216 4,464 4,743 4,912 5,219 5,526 6,324 7,368 8,432 9,486 9,517 10,438 11,052 12,648 14,736 15,657 18,972 19,034 20,876 22,104 25,296 28,551 31,314 37,944 38,068 41,752 44,208 46,971 57,102 62,628 75,888 76,136 83,504 85,653 93,942 114,204 125,256 152,272 161,789 171,306 187,884 228,408 250,512 323,578 342,612 375,768 456,816 485,367 647,156 685,224 751,536 970,734 1,294,312 1,370,448 1,456,101 1,941,468 2,588,624 2,912,202 3,882,936 5,824,404 7,765,872 11,648,808 and 23,297,616, with no remainder.

Since 23,297,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,297,616, 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).