Q: Is 23,358,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,358,528 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 23,358,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 107 144 192 214 288 321 379 428 576 642 758 856 963 1,137 1,284 1,516 1,712 1,926 2,274 2,568 3,032 3,411 3,424 3,852 4,548 5,136 6,064 6,822 6,848 7,704 9,096 10,272 12,128 13,644 15,408 18,192 20,544 24,256 27,288 30,816 36,384 40,553 54,576 61,632 72,768 81,106 109,152 121,659 162,212 218,304 243,318 324,424 364,977 486,636 648,848 729,954 973,272 1,297,696 1,459,908 1,946,544 2,595,392 2,919,816 3,893,088 5,839,632 7,786,176 11,679,264 and 23,358,528, with no remainder.

Since 23,358,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,358,528, 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).