Q: Is 23,367,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,367,792 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 23,367,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 34 42 48 51 56 68 84 102 112 119 136 168 204 238 272 336 357 408 476 714 816 952 1,428 1,904 2,856 4,091 5,712 8,182 12,273 16,364 24,546 28,637 32,728 49,092 57,274 65,456 69,547 85,911 98,184 114,548 139,094 171,822 196,368 208,641 229,096 278,188 343,644 417,282 458,192 486,829 556,376 687,288 834,564 973,658 1,112,752 1,374,576 1,460,487 1,669,128 1,947,316 2,920,974 3,338,256 3,894,632 5,841,948 7,789,264 11,683,896 and 23,367,792, with no remainder.

Since 23,367,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,367,792, 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).