Q: Is 23,318,262 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,318,262 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 23,318,262 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 29 31 33 58 62 66 87 93 99 131 174 186 198 261 262 279 319 341 393 522 558 638 682 786 899 957 1,023 1,179 1,441 1,798 1,914 2,046 2,358 2,697 2,871 2,882 3,069 3,799 4,061 4,323 5,394 5,742 6,138 7,598 8,091 8,122 8,646 9,889 11,397 12,183 12,969 16,182 19,778 22,794 24,366 25,938 29,667 34,191 36,549 41,789 44,671 59,334 68,382 73,098 83,578 89,001 89,342 117,769 125,367 134,013 178,002 235,538 250,734 268,026 353,307 376,101 402,039 706,614 752,202 804,078 1,059,921 1,295,459 2,119,842 2,590,918 3,886,377 7,772,754 11,659,131 and 23,318,262, with no remainder.

Since 23,318,262 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,318,262, 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).