Q: Is 23,342,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,342,000 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 23,342,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 40 44 50 55 80 88 100 110 125 176 200 220 250 275 400 440 500 550 880 1,000 1,061 1,100 1,375 2,000 2,122 2,200 2,750 4,244 4,400 5,305 5,500 8,488 10,610 11,000 11,671 16,976 21,220 22,000 23,342 26,525 42,440 46,684 53,050 58,355 84,880 93,368 106,100 116,710 132,625 186,736 212,200 233,420 265,250 291,775 424,400 466,840 530,500 583,550 933,680 1,061,000 1,167,100 1,458,875 2,122,000 2,334,200 2,917,750 4,668,400 5,835,500 11,671,000 and 23,342,000, with no remainder.

Since 23,342,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,342,000, 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).