Q: Is 23,368,884 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,368,884 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 23,368,884 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 49 66 77 84 98 132 147 154 196 231 294 308 462 539 588 924 1,078 1,617 2,156 3,234 3,613 6,468 7,226 10,839 14,452 21,678 25,291 39,743 43,356 50,582 75,873 79,486 101,164 119,229 151,746 158,972 177,037 238,458 278,201 303,492 354,074 476,916 531,111 556,402 708,148 834,603 1,062,222 1,112,804 1,669,206 1,947,407 2,124,444 3,338,412 3,894,814 5,842,221 7,789,628 11,684,442 and 23,368,884, with no remainder.

Since 23,368,884 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,368,884, 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).