Q: Is 23,415,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 23,415,552 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 23,415,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 576 768 1,152 2,304 10,163 20,326 30,489 40,652 60,978 81,304 91,467 121,956 162,608 182,934 243,912 325,216 365,868 487,824 650,432 731,736 975,648 1,300,864 1,463,472 1,951,296 2,601,728 2,926,944 3,902,592 5,853,888 7,805,184 11,707,776 and 23,415,552, with no remainder.

Since 23,415,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,415,552, 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).