Q: Is 23,378,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,378,112 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 23,378,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 83 96 108 144 163 166 192 216 249 288 326 332 432 489 498 576 652 664 747 864 978 996 1,304 1,328 1,467 1,494 1,728 1,956 1,992 2,241 2,608 2,656 2,934 2,988 3,912 3,984 4,401 4,482 5,216 5,312 5,868 5,976 7,824 7,968 8,802 8,964 10,432 11,736 11,952 13,529 15,648 15,936 17,604 17,928 23,472 23,904 27,058 31,296 35,208 35,856 40,587 46,944 47,808 54,116 70,416 71,712 81,174 93,888 108,232 121,761 140,832 143,424 162,348 216,464 243,522 281,664 324,696 365,283 432,928 487,044 649,392 730,566 865,856 974,088 1,298,784 1,461,132 1,948,176 2,597,568 2,922,264 3,896,352 5,844,528 7,792,704 11,689,056 and 23,378,112, with no remainder.

Since 23,378,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,378,112, 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).