Q: Is 23,361,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,361,624 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 23,361,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 72 78 88 99 104 117 132 143 156 198 234 264 286 312 396 429 468 572 792 858 936 1,144 1,287 1,716 2,269 2,574 3,432 4,538 5,148 6,807 9,076 10,296 13,614 18,152 20,421 24,959 27,228 29,497 40,842 49,918 54,456 58,994 74,877 81,684 88,491 99,836 117,988 149,754 163,368 176,982 199,672 224,631 235,976 265,473 299,508 324,467 353,964 449,262 530,946 599,016 648,934 707,928 898,524 973,401 1,061,892 1,297,868 1,797,048 1,946,802 2,123,784 2,595,736 2,920,203 3,893,604 5,840,406 7,787,208 11,680,812 and 23,361,624, with no remainder.

Since 23,361,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,361,624, 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).