Q: Is 23,324,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,324,340 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 23,324,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 17 20 26 30 34 39 51 52 60 65 68 78 85 102 130 156 170 195 204 221 255 260 340 390 442 510 663 780 884 1,020 1,105 1,326 1,759 2,210 2,652 3,315 3,518 4,420 5,277 6,630 7,036 8,795 10,554 13,260 17,590 21,108 22,867 26,385 29,903 35,180 45,734 52,770 59,806 68,601 89,709 91,468 105,540 114,335 119,612 137,202 149,515 179,418 228,670 274,404 299,030 343,005 358,836 388,739 448,545 457,340 598,060 686,010 777,478 897,090 1,166,217 1,372,020 1,554,956 1,794,180 1,943,695 2,332,434 3,887,390 4,664,868 5,831,085 7,774,780 11,662,170 and 23,324,340, with no remainder.

Since 23,324,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,324,340, 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).