Q: Is 23,315,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,315,472 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 23,315,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 36 48 54 62 72 93 108 124 144 186 216 248 279 372 432 496 558 744 837 1,116 1,488 1,674 1,741 2,232 3,348 3,482 4,464 5,223 6,696 6,964 10,446 13,392 13,928 15,669 20,892 27,856 31,338 41,784 47,007 53,971 62,676 83,568 94,014 107,942 125,352 161,913 188,028 215,884 250,704 323,826 376,056 431,768 485,739 647,652 752,112 863,536 971,478 1,295,304 1,457,217 1,942,956 2,590,608 2,914,434 3,885,912 5,828,868 7,771,824 11,657,736 and 23,315,472, with no remainder.

Since 23,315,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,315,472, 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).