Q: Is 23,355,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,355,552 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 23,355,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 17 22 24 32 33 34 44 48 51 66 68 88 96 102 132 136 176 187 204 264 272 352 374 408 528 544 561 748 816 1,056 1,122 1,301 1,496 1,632 2,244 2,602 2,992 3,903 4,488 5,204 5,984 7,806 8,976 10,408 14,311 15,612 17,952 20,816 22,117 28,622 31,224 41,632 42,933 44,234 57,244 62,448 66,351 85,866 88,468 114,488 124,896 132,702 171,732 176,936 228,976 243,287 265,404 343,464 353,872 457,952 486,574 530,808 686,928 707,744 729,861 973,148 1,061,616 1,373,856 1,459,722 1,946,296 2,123,232 2,919,444 3,892,592 5,838,888 7,785,184 11,677,776 and 23,355,552, with no remainder.

Since 23,355,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,355,552, 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).